Hi HubPages staff - I have a question

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   PhenomWriterposted 12 years ago

   
   I just read the updated Terms of Use - and it says, I quote- "Harass, threaten or intimidate Authors or others who use the Service" will result in account closure. Now the point is, that I am not clear about the terms 'Harass' and ' intimidate'. They are very subjective, and we can have our own interpretations of what we perceive of them. I will be glad if I get an answer.          -Thank you.

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      recommend1posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      What you are doing is what you describe - no thanks necessary.

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   recommend1posted 12 years ago

   It is what you seem to be doing non-stop in various threads that you started yourself, about 30 seconds of self examination should be enough.

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      PhenomWriterposted 12 years agoin reply to this

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   PhenomWriterposted 12 years ago

   How many hubs have you ever published recommend1? What do you use HubPages for? To spread this type of ghetto-statements?
   
   ...Is Maito-dog working well with schizophrenia? Uh...ah..she can't use her account anymore..ah...she feels shame to use her picture..uh!

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   PhenomWriterposted 12 years ago

   A Hubber named "Tanmoy Acharya" was really sarcastic and mean and.....
   http://hubpages.com/forum/topic/85444
   
   
   recommend1  posted 3 weeks ago in reply to this
   "You are a very naughty boy !"
   
   
   uthurbanposted 3 weeks ago in reply to this
   
   "Here is another Sock Puppet in the guise of Panda..... Calling Evolution Guy a naughty boy..... ha ha ha ha!!!!!!!!! Yuan is getting down....and the anti-dumping duty is going to be ON.... Be Alert!!"
   
   
   ...Someone is saying that you are a sockpuppet of Evolution Guy. What's that recommend1?

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      Cagsilposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Yes, that one was one of the Award Winner of idiots to stop by the forums.
      And obviously the person saying this doesn't know either one of the other two people they are talking about. Recommend1 and Evolution Guy are not the same person and neither one of them is sock puppet for the other.

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         PhenomWriterposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         Thank for that info brother.

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   SomewayOuttaHereposted 12 years ago

   
   
   ...don't be messin' with the panda...

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   Reality Bytesposted 12 years ago

   Can I get a link to the new TOS?

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      PhenomWriterposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      this one? - http://hubpages.com/help/user_agreement-nov2011

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   MelissaBarrettposted 12 years ago

   Wouldn't it be interesting to find out that the OP is also a sock puppet... Maybe of another account that was started around the same time...
   
   And that both were sock puppets of an older account?

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      PhenomWriterposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Yeah...just as you are a sockpuppet?

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         PhenomWriterposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         When did I create you, sorry I don't remember

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         MelissaBarrettposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         I have been accused of being LiveLonger's sock puppet before... of course LL is just another's alter-ego.

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            PhenomWriterposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            How dare you call me a sockpuppet then?

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               PhenomWriterposted 12 years agoin reply to this

               "Wouldn't it be interesting to find out that the OP is also a sock puppet"  - Drop

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               MelissaBarrettposted 12 years agoin reply to this

               LMAO, because I'm not a sock puppet... this is my only account on HP (although my hubby has one too amazingly, both accounts share the same IP.) 
               
               I realize that you are both a troll and a SP.  However, I am bored so I'll play with you

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                  PhenomWriterposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                  Just drop what you said.

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                  PhenomWriterposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                  Did I say this to you ever?-
                  
                  A lady who can say  IDGAF in public does not deserve much attention from me. What is that 'F' in  IDGAF? Is that a very civilized internet slang? Do you think people don't understand what you mean?
                  
                  What is  IDGAF- http://onlineslangdictionary.com/meaning-of/idgaf

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            skyfireposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            No Kidding... lol

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               MelissaBarrettposted 12 years agoin reply to this

               *grins*

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   PhenomWriterposted 12 years ago

   Where did you go away recommend1?

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   Reality Bytesposted 12 years ago

   . By posting Author Content on the Service, You grant HubPages a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable license to reproduce, publicly display, publicly perform, distribute, modify, adapt and publish the Author Content on or in connection with the Service.
   
   I do not fully understand this statement, can anyone please clarify?

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      SomewayOuttaHereposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      ......yes clarification would be good

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      wildernessposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      HP can do anything it wants to with author content (as opposed to hub content) as long as it is in connection with HP.
      
      You cannot remove author content and you can't charge HP for using it.

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         Reality Bytesposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         So this is concerning forum posts and Q and A.  Not our hubs?

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            wildernessposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            And photos.  Yes.  There is a definition of what author content is in the TOS, above where your quote came from.

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               SomewayOuttaHereposted 12 years agoin reply to this

               thanks!

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      PhenomWriterposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      as long as you keep the hubs published...that right goes.

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         wildernessposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         If I understand your meaning, that is incorrect.  Author content has nothing to do with hubs, you can't remove it and the license granted HP is irrevocable.
         
         Hub content is different; it can be removed from HP and the license granted to HP is much more limited.

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            MelissaBarrettposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            You are correct wilderness.
            
            To remove author content at author's request would cause a discontinuity to threads, comments, etc.

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               wildernessposted 12 years agoin reply to this

               I'm sure that is the reason.  That photos are considered author content is a little harder to see, although somewhere I picked up the idea that it would be difficult to remove them from the database.  I don't see why, but then I didn't write the program, either.

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                  Reality Bytesposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                  So, my brother-in -law is a photagrapher.  If he allows me to use his photos and I place them in a hub they become property of HP?
                  
                  
                  That does not seem right?  As the photos were never mine to begin with.

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                     wildernessposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                     No.  They remain your property, and you can put them wherever you wish.
                     
                     At the same time you have granted HP an irrevocable license to use them on HP, as they see fit, forever.

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                  MelissaBarrettposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                  I'm not sure about that one wilderness, I know next to nothing about the way databases work on a large scale. 
                  
                  I'm wondering though, if two authors share the same photo (public domain photos are reused alot) are there two copies of the photo in the database, or do both hubbers share the same photo file?  (Did that make sense?)

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                     wildernessposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                     Without knowing for sure, I believe you will a copy of that PD photo under both authors.
                     
                     If you go to the photos in "my account" you will find all the photos you have uploaded and none from anyone else.  You have your own private database, so to speak.  While an individual photo file could carry a tag saying it belonged in two databases easily enough, to check every photo as it is uploaded and make sure that it doesn't match any other photo anywhere in all the databases, down to each individual digital bit, would be difficult.  Possible, but difficult and time consuming.

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                        MelissaBarrettposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                        Thanks.
                        
                        It's not a real problem for me because I mainly use PD photos.  The few pictures I've used that are my own I'm not overly concerned about (I'm not a photographer by any means).  Now my hubby is, and he's got a few on the site and will probably have more as he writes new hubs.

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    MelissaBarrettposted 12 years ago

    LMAO, a reciprocal thread hijack.  This could be the coolest thing EVER!

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       PhenomWriterposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       What is that F , you said in  IDGAF ? - such a civilized and religious-minded lady...shah...you have a sinner!
       
       http://onlineslangdictionary.com/meaning-of/idgaf

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          SomewayOuttaHereposted 12 years agoin reply to this

          
          
          

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          PhenomWriterposted 12 years agoin reply to this

          Go and wash...

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             SomewayOuttaHereposted 12 years agoin reply to this

             huh?   ....relax.........

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             MelissaBarrettposted 12 years agoin reply to this

             LMAO, aren't you cute? You haven't even cut your troll baby teeth yet.

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                PhenomWriterposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                F rr u s trated??

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                   PhenomWriterposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                   Moral character is the most valuable thing to a person

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                   MelissaBarrettposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                   ROTFLMFAO...
                   
                   You betcha...
                   
                   You are truly the master.

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                      PhenomWriterposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                      Does ROTFLMFAO mean this? -
                      
                      http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.p … fid=210272
                      
                      ...

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    skyfireposted 12 years ago

    After Tanmaya Acharya chaos, this one is the best thing ever happened to HP.

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    skyfireposted 12 years ago

    You can still request HP to remove forum posts, questions and hubs from your account. They did that many times. Another way to delete entire account is - BAN.

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    Aficionadaposted 12 years ago

    There was a forum discussion on the topic of Author Content a few months ago.  Some of those comments may be helpful here.  It's a short thread.
    
    http://hubpages.com/forum/topic/77806#post1682684

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