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Great post!
Visiting now with Freeper friend I met via FR
I right now am unable to do anything $$$ wise being in a very dark place financially but your idea is stellar Mr. K

23 posted on 07/22/2011 7:58:20 PM PDT by DollyCali (Don't tell God how big your storm is... tell your storm how BIG your God is!)

To: DollyCali; Mr. K

Making FR a commercial site gets us into copyright problems. It won't work. Jim has said we'd have to scrub our archives because of possible copyright violations.

Jim Robinson Post 588

Now we could go commercial. We could sell ads. We could sell subscriptions or memberships, We could sell t-shirts and hats. But the moment we do, we invite scrutiny and copyright lawsuits. Before going commercial we would have to scrub our archives of any possible copyright violations. And we’d have to tighten up our current operations to make sure no one posts anything that could get us into trouble with any publisher of stories, photos, images, etc. And with sharks like Righthaven swimming around, there will always be room for trouble. And going commercial still wouldn’t guarantee enough income to build and maintain a paid staff, bullet proof software, redundant systems, etc.

26 posted on 07/22/2011 8:04:52 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are at your door! How will you answer the knock?)

I’m sorry to hear that, Dolly.

As you have been a good and loyal FRiend of FR since 3/16/03.....

$20 has been donated on your behalf.

BTLD

48 posted on 07/22/2011 8:38:46 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (FreeRepublic.com. Now, More Than Ever.)

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