Copyright Protection Questions
What gives Shaycom the right to post Copyright by Shaycom on every page that I write? How do I explain to the Copyright Office that Shaycom does not own the copyright to what I have written. Shaycom pays us approximately a half of a penny for every page that is read here. Now, I say that I pay Shaycom to publish my work, not the other way around--but doesn't Shaycom's incentives muddy the copyright waters when I go to copyright my own writings which I had posted here?
Also, the current Conditions and Terms of Usage for this network say that BN can't protect us from anybody making derivative works from our writings, especially if BN gets bought out. So what good is it for Shaycom to claim copyright on my works. It's not protecting me from anything, by your own Terms and Conditions Statements.
Also, your terms say that BN can change the Terms and Conditions at will, that as long as we continue to post here, this means that we agree to all conditions and terms, no matter how they are changed, or when, by BN. This implies that we must read them every day and have a copyright lawyer in the family in order to protect our rights to our own copyrightable materials, no? I have read the 10 Myths piece and can't be sure it's correct, either, but assuming it is correct, it still doesn't tell me why I should allow BN to put their own copyright notice on my works. It also doesn't remove the muddy waters which their incentives create regarding who's hiring whom.