Comments on: CS organisational policies vs the risk of litigation http://www.opencouchsurfing.org/2007/09/10/cs-organisational-policies-vs-the-risk-of-litigation/ The campaign for a truly open CouchSurfing organisation Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:00:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: uaflyer http://www.opencouchsurfing.org/2007/09/10/cs-organisational-policies-vs-the-risk-of-litigation/comment-page-1/#comment-1068 uaflyer Mon, 17 Sep 2007 03:53:50 +0000 http://www.opencouchsurfing.org/2007/09/10/cs-organisational-policies-vs-the-risk-of-litigation/#comment-1068 Thank Goodness we have this huge Bullseye called Facebook (among others) to defray the battles CS might otherwise face. Now CS can worry about paying their good workers and Admins and ever changing needs of a growing robust travel community Thank Goodness we have this huge Bullseye called Facebook (among others) to defray the battles CS might otherwise face.

Now CS can worry about paying their good workers and Admins and ever changing needs of a growing robust travel community

]]> By: azarethroy http://www.opencouchsurfing.org/2007/09/10/cs-organisational-policies-vs-the-risk-of-litigation/comment-page-1/#comment-972 azarethroy Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:35:30 +0000 http://www.opencouchsurfing.org/2007/09/10/cs-organisational-policies-vs-the-risk-of-litigation/#comment-972 Hmm, I don't agree with this line of reasoning. Anyway CS promotes itself as a non-profit org, not a charity. Therefore, CS should be safe unless it one day decides to become a for-profit business. In that scenario (1), people who have contributed intellectual property, ie. Kasper, Anu, John, etc etc may have a good cause to suing CS. Scenario (2) couchsurfing sells to eBay. People who have contributed intellectual property, ie. Kasper, Anu, John, etc etc may have a good cause to suing CS. Either way, I see it as all the more reason why CS will NOT go for-profit or be sold. Secondly, have you thought about how CS would change if was sold? If anything, it would have the resources to improve its services/features/functionality. EG. eBay owns 25% of Craigslist - users were upset at first but they have more users today than ever before. The only people who will lose out are the "counter-culture" owns. But it looks like they already have. Hmm, I don’t agree with this line of reasoning. Anyway CS promotes itself as a non-profit org, not a charity. Therefore, CS should be safe unless it one day decides to become a for-profit business. In that scenario (1), people who have contributed intellectual property, ie. Kasper, Anu, John, etc etc may have a good cause to suing CS.

Scenario (2) couchsurfing sells to eBay. People who have contributed intellectual property, ie. Kasper, Anu, John, etc etc may have a good cause to suing CS.

Either way, I see it as all the more reason why CS will NOT go for-profit or be sold. Secondly, have you thought about how CS would change if was sold? If anything, it would have the resources to improve its services/features/functionality. EG. eBay owns 25% of Craigslist – users were upset at first but they have more users today than ever before. The only people who will lose out are the “counter-culture” owns. But it looks like they already have.

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