http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/ Announcements and news about the LF Photography site, including home page articles, Forum changes and downtime. en Tue, 21 May 2013 19:50:21 GMT vBulletin 15 http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/images/misc/rss.png http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/ http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?102747-FS-WTB-Transaction-Problems&goto=newpost Sun, 28 Apr 2013 22:13:06 GMT We have made a couple of changes in an attempt to address issues with unsatisfactory transactions stemming from the For Sale sub-forum. 1. ... We have made a couple of changes in an attempt to address issues with unsatisfactory transactions stemming from the For Sale sub-forum.

1. Unsatisfactory transactions from threads in the the "For Sale/Wanted" sub-forum may be reported using ONE post that states the following: "Unresolved issue with _______ on this sale." It must be reported in, and only in, the specific thread in which the item was offered, and must not provide further details.

2. A new Buyer-Seller Advisories sub-forum has been added in the Community section:

Buyer/Seller Advisories--Any reports about the outcomes of transactions with providers of products and services to large-format photographers must be made in the "Buyer/Seller Advisories" sub-forum. The purpose of this sub-forum is to provide a service to large-format photographers who need to know whom to trust in a small market. All posts in other forums complaining about specific transactions will be moved to this forum, and repeated mispostings by a person may result in moderator action. Threads in the Buyer/Seller Advisories forum must be:
-Factual
-Unemotional
-Related only to what actually happened.

Comments about the character or honesty of the person described will be deleted without notice, and repeated negative personal comments will result in moderator actions. Remember, personal attacks and abuse to other site users is not allowed on this forum. Demands for action are also not appropriate anywhere on the Large Format Photography Forum, and will be removed. The LFPF does not provide any mechanism for seeking resolution of an unsatisfactory transaction--resolution must be pursued outside the forum. This sub-forum is for simple reports of outcomes of transactions here and elsewhere. If the transaction occurred elsewhere, then it must involve transactions of products or services relevant to the large-format community.

This should provide a means of sharing issues regarding transactions here, or elsewhere, in a factual manner. Moderators will still not get involved in attempting to resolve those issues, and use of the FS/WTB sub-forum remains an at your own risk proposition for both buyers and sellers. ]]> News Ralph Barker http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?102747-FS-WTB-Transaction-Problems http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?102746-Posts-and-ownership&goto=newpost Sun, 28 Apr 2013 21:54:20 GMT When the LFPF was first established, the issue of who owns the copyright for postings on forums was being hotly debated. Some sites claimed that the... When the LFPF was first established, the issue of who owns the copyright for postings on forums was being hotly debated. Some sites claimed that the site "owned" the material posted, and essentially could do whatever they wished with it. Thus, the decision was made to attempt to clarify the matter on the LFPF, indicating that the poster owned the copyright to anything they posted, and that the poster gave the LFPF a revocable license to display it within the forum.

While we are still of the mind that we do not claim "ownership" of posts made by our members, the revocable license aspect has come back to bite us. In a couple of cases, dissatisfied parties to transactions originated out of the For Sale/Wanted sub-forum have requested that all of their posts and threads be deleted - essentially hiding the transaction problem. In truth, this doesn't accomplish much, since the forum content is picked up by search engines and external archive sites, but it is a tedious and lengthy process to delete hundreds or even thousands of posts.

As a result, we are considering changing the terms of use to making the license to maintain and display posts irrevocable. In other words, like everything else about the Internet, once you post it, it's out there forever, and the forum moderators are not obliged to remove it.

But, we would appreciate member input prior to making the change. ]]> News Ralph Barker http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?102746-Posts-and-ownership