Is the IF newsbot a copyright violation?

The newsbot that IF makes use of looks exactly like the newsbot that was developed and published by sfd19 from students4democracy.org back in 2005. The descriptive text, the formatting and also the style is identical.

It looks like IF would use copyright protected code without giving credits and also violate the terms of use.

Are you?

ermmm

well i fink all forums form and style are pretty the same

r u sure that was copyrighted code... if thatz the case then you can contact the site admins vijay at his PM inbox or sree at and sort the matter out amicably.

For a list of the global mods and the IF development group see ....

regards,

tejas

Originally posted by: SweetAngel18

ermmm

well i fink all forums form and style are pretty the same

That is not what I am talking about, it is the newsbots style and form that is identical.

well anyway if u have ny prob with the newsbots style and form ...i guess u culd contact the admin just as tejas said

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Originally posted by: albusdumbledore

r u sure that was copyrighted code... if thatz the case then you can contact the site admins vijay at his PM inbox or sree at and sort the matter out amicably.

For a list of the global mods and the IF development group see here
regards,

tejas

thanks, sree got a pm

i'm not 100% sure that IF is using copyright protected code, but it looks very much that way,

Originally posted by: seeking_cvs

That is not what I am talking about, it is the newsbots style and form that is identical.

India forums will not violate any rules knowingly. Please be patient as we find out more about it

Most of the forums use the same formatting and script. As per our knowledge, the newsroom is completely clean and has no issues on violations of any copyright.

But do feel free to contact Vijay, our technical admin and owner for this site.

Meanwhile we will find more about this and get back asap.

sfd19 asked me to let him handle this, so i'm out of this. if you want to get in contact with him go to www.students4democracy.org

india-forums.com is illegally using a copyright protected script that was written and published by myself in January 2005. By violation of the acceptable usage policy, india-forums has deliberately and illegally altered that script and removed required parts of the code from it. This is dead certainty and can be proven beyond doubt. The owner of india-forums.com, Vijay, has been informed.

sfd19
admin and developer of www.students4democracy.org