Copyright Issues, pirating

[DARTHPHALL]

I like the bit were they burn in Hell, as I'm a good friend & colleague of the High Dark Lord SaTAn, I have been given the exulted position of Grand high executioner of Hell & sourounding Underworlds which means I'm in charge of all burning rites, basically i hold the Matches  ;D, The darkside is cooking an eBay scammer near you & Hell is on our side matey & asbestos underpants wont save yaaaaarrr (Bloody Pirate alter Ego  ;D).

Want the secret to the taste? Grab a corpuscle fountain Pen & sign ya Soul over & its yours dam you! ;D

[Mark J]

Oh no!  I enter a thread titled "Copyright Issues, pirating" and get greeted with a discussion on Asian mates in Abu Dhabi and how much experience is needed to cook a curry!!!! 

Why can't people stick to the topic of the thread!  Why not start a new thread guys?  Maybe title it "how much experience is need to cook a decent curry"?  I dunno?

Why don't moderators encourage this?

Maybe people would then be able to better find what they are looking for it!? 

Sorry to harp on guys, but crikey!? : 

I dont think its an issue personally. I guess it depends on whether we are trying to create a clear concise online guide or engage in debate/discussion.

My feeling is the former benefits occasional users, the later benefits the more dedicated users who will read every post anyway.

I prefer the forum favouring the later.

And shouldnt you have posted this in a separate thread titled "keeping threads on topic" to discuss this 

[Chilli Prawn]

Et tu brute  ;D

[DARTHPHALL]

 ;D ;D

[George]

Oh no!  I enter a thread titled "Copyright Issues, pirating" and get greeted with a discussion on Asian mates in Abu Dhabi and how much experience is needed to cook a curry!!!!  ...Why can't people stick to the topic of the thread!  Why not start a new thread guys? 

Woks Up

This is a difficult one for me! Firstly, I'm sorry for being largely responsible for taking this thread's discussion a bit away from copyright issues. I share your concern for this forum and I feel the same way for other forums which I frequent. Relevant posts make the thread more valuable, I feel, for future reading. We'd either need to avoid taking the discussion off-track in the first place, or face heavy editing/re-sorting later, which would be a huge job. But if we stick to the former, it would probably stifle the flow of debate. Instead, we tend to meander around a bit and then come back to the main topic. So although I used to take your line, I now take the view "if you can't beat them, join them".

Another example is the interesting ideas which arise when people introduce themselves under the relevant category. Then the discussion gets going re. base sauces, cooking methods; anything. You might not think to look under that heading for anything other than pleasantries but it's another rich seam of information.

Regards
George