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Post by sam on Sept 24, 2015 16:12:32 GMT
The statement is vague, he could have meant the "old" forum/site that required an update. We're still here because Sharifa allowed us to keep using the Avril Bandaids trademark through this "temporary" forum/site, hence why www.avrilbandaids.com is linked to it. And by the way, even though Lewis was an admin in the old site, he hasn't been involved with this site at all, so I would take what he says with a grain of salt. But he knows Sharifa (and is probably someone who has inside info alongisde Devon and Zach) "No plans to bring it back" clearly means that the site is not coming back. Unless, course he means this site but again- it was made clear this is a temp site and is not a replacement. People want Ba.com back, that's why this is a thread
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Post by sam on Sept 24, 2015 16:22:48 GMT
Only way I see this to be solved is to make this the official site- but I have mixed feelings about this because of how much they've basically ignored us ect
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Post by BogoGog24 on Sept 24, 2015 16:44:39 GMT
I realize this wouldn't be a popular opinion/decision but perhaps the site should be given a new name separate from the BA trademark so that you guys legally own it and not a group of people who don't communicate with us anymore. They're never gonna give you permission to make this the new BA because they never respond to you. We might just need to make a new trademark so that we legally own it and not them. Maybe LittleBlackStars.com or BestDamnFans.com, something like that. It would be a huge change but we'd legally own the trademark.
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Post by sam on Sept 24, 2015 16:46:35 GMT
I realize this wouldn't be a popular opinion/decision but perhaps the site should be given a new name separate from the BA trademark so that you guys legally own it and not a group of people who don't communicate with us anymore. They're never gonna give you permission to make this the new BA because they never respond to you. We might just need to make a new trademark so that we legally own it and not them. Maybe LittleBlackStars.com or BestDamnFans.com, something like that. It would be a huge change but we'd legally own the trademark. We've discussed this but some people are worried the site may lose it's identity if we did that, but I guess it's still possible
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Post by marliz. on Sept 24, 2015 16:47:25 GMT
Bad news. This was supposed to be a temporary site, not a replacement. I don't like how they kept leading us on for so long and refused to say anything. Although I find those comments a bit strange atm..
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Post by In Wonderland on Sept 24, 2015 16:48:49 GMT
I realize this wouldn't be a popular opinion/decision but perhaps the site should be given a new name separate from the BA trademark so that you guys legally own it and not a group of people who don't communicate with us anymore. They're never gonna give you permission to make this the new BA because they never respond to you. We might just need to make a new trademark so that we legally own it and not them. Maybe LittleBlackStars.com or BestDamnFans.com, something like that. It would be a huge change but we'd legally own the trademark. Would also be a great opportunity to drop the "little" in the fan name ... or change it completely
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Post by BogoGog24 on Sept 24, 2015 16:53:07 GMT
I realize this wouldn't be a popular opinion/decision but perhaps the site should be given a new name separate from the BA trademark so that you guys legally own it and not a group of people who don't communicate with us anymore. They're never gonna give you permission to make this the new BA because they never respond to you. We might just need to make a new trademark so that we legally own it and not them. Maybe LittleBlackStars.com or BestDamnFans.com, something like that. It would be a huge change but we'd legally own the trademark. We've discussed this but some people are worried the site may lose it's identity if we did that, but I guess it's still possible Yeah I understand that and it would be difficult to think of it as anything other than BA, but we don't seem to have many options. Our options are to keep the BA name but have almost no control over the legal aspects of the site and basically just keep getting ignored by Sharifa... or we can just make a new name and have complete control over the site and do what we want to with it. It could be a good opportunity for a fresh start and to wipe the slate clean, it sort of reflects where Avril is at too, starting fresh.
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Post by Kaiye on Sept 24, 2015 17:03:15 GMT
What about HelloKittens.com or BadGirls.com? I agree with Bogo, starting fresh also sounds good.
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Post by Silent Soul on Sept 24, 2015 17:03:11 GMT
Am I the only one, who is in an kind of apocalyptic mood? Can we also make a Rachel Lester forum at the same time? Me, Bootylicious Batch, thyarchery, Kaiye and blizz need a extra forum for our worshipping
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Post by Becky on Sept 24, 2015 17:14:04 GMT
I had an account on the old site but very rarely went on it due to not having the time, so I'm not as attached to the old site as the rest of you, but I still find it annoying how everyone has been led on about the replacement. I agree it would be a shame to lose the name but at the same time that will be the only thing that changes from this site. I think a great job has been done on this site and whether we keep the name or not, I hope everyone will be happy with the end result. It's a lovely little community here sometimes we have to start a fresh
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Post by sam on Sept 24, 2015 17:20:57 GMT
We've discussed this but some people are worried the site may lose it's identity if we did that, but I guess it's still possible Yeah I understand that and it would be difficult to think of it as anything other than BA, but we don't seem to have many options. Our options are to keep the BA name but have almost no control over the legal aspects of the site and basically just keep getting ignored by Sharifa... or we can just make a new name and have complete control over the site and do what we want to with it. It could be a good opportunity for a fresh start and to wipe the slate clean, it sort of reflects where Avril is at too, starting fresh. Call me paranoid and anxious as shit (I am tbh) but i'm concerned about the legality of renaming the temp site to another name; wouldn't that be like stealing her temp site? (even though there's nothing to steal lol)
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2015 17:37:41 GMT
This is so messed up. The way whoever made that comment commented bothers me. That little wink. Like all of this was a joke.. I don't know what to think... Maybe I'm taking this too seriously I don't get why (since they're obviously want nothing to do with it) they don't just hand over ownership to someone HERE. also who's lewis?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2015 18:00:31 GMT
Oh well, they pulled a dick move. We live and learn. Oh well, we think of another catchy name for this site to avoid any legal repercussions. Yeah it will feel a bit weird at first, but I think we're strong enough to cope with our favourite website changing its name. It will ALWAYS be Bandaids in spirit.
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Post by Amanda on Sept 24, 2015 18:08:56 GMT
We also wanna see if theres an opportunity in eaither getting the bandaids copyright(probably not possible) but also if someone who is active here, who sharifa trusts, can perhaps be co-owner or something. That way a person who is here in the forums will 100% decide things and we wont have to go through sharifa or lewis or anyone
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Post by ⋆niki⋆ on Sept 24, 2015 18:13:14 GMT
I realize this wouldn't be a popular opinion/decision but perhaps the site should be given a new name separate from the BA trademark so that you guys legally own it and not a group of people who don't communicate with us anymore. They're never gonna give you permission to make this the new BA because they never respond to you. We might just need to make a new trademark so that we legally own it and not them. Maybe LittleBlackStars.com or BestDamnFans.com, something like that. It would be a huge change but we'd legally own the trademark. Our Hungarian site's name is bestdamnfans So that's our name But LBS.com sounds great.
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