Confused on label rights

Discussion in 'Copywriting' started by lexter, Nov 13, 2010.

  1. #1
    I'm confused!

    [NO] You CAN NOT modify any of this articles to create your own "Resale product"
    [NO] You DO NOT HAVE Private Label Rights to the Artciles

    Does that mean all YES or NO?

    Writers/Authors make people confused!
     
    lexter, Nov 13, 2010 IP
  2. Perry Rose

    Perry Rose Peon

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    #2
    Are you high?

    Reading your post has made me confused.

    It's NO to both, period.

    *waves hand in front of lexter's face* Hello??? Is anybody in there???
     
    Perry Rose, Nov 13, 2010 IP
  3. lexter

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    #3
    sorry, just a newbie here and i am totally confused!

    whats the difference between "you have the right to sell the product to another buyer but you cannot sell the resale rights"?

    i can sell the product but then i cannot sell the resale rights..its confusing

    pls explain, i dont understand at all!
     
    lexter, Nov 13, 2010 IP
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    #4
    that's right, it is NO, the way it works is like that, MRR (Master Resell Rights) allows you to resell the product for a profit but you don't have any rights to modify it, when PLR (Private Label Rights) allows you to resell the product but also modify it, you can change the product itself, for example the title, the content and so on, and you can put your name on it as well and make it look like as if it is your own product..
    Hope this helps
     
    rlerza, Nov 14, 2010 IP
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    Right on! I'm guessing these are MRR products
     
    linkrumor, Nov 14, 2010 IP
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    #6
    that's right, I believe so too, they look like MRR products, in fact it those say you don't have master resell rights
     
    rlerza, Nov 15, 2010 IP
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    #7

    I'm not so sure I agree with everyone else here. Are the two policies among a list of other policies? To me it looks like "NO we do not restrict that you CAN NOT modify any of this articles to create your own "Resale product"." as opposed to "YES we do restrict that you CAN NOT modify any of this articles to create your own "Resale product"."


    As to what those terms mean.

    "Modifying the articles to create your own "Resale product" - Much of the freely available ebook and other PLR content is branded. That means that it has text or links that advertise the original author. Some licenses will allow others to remove the original branding, replace it with your own information and (re)sell it as if you were the creator of the product.

    "You do not have Private Label Rights to the articles" - that could mean a couple of different things. It could mean that you must use the articles as is without making any edits to them or it might mean that you can not offer them on your own site for use by others.


    Before the others jump all over my interpretation of the list, I've seen stuff like this before where the author tries to create a checklist out of poorly written rules. The [NO] in front of the 'rule' makes me think this is the case here.

    The problem is the original rule was written without regard for how it would read with the option [YES] or [NO] in front of it. It's simply poor writing no matter how the rule is meant to be interpreted.

    If you really want/need the content being offered, my suggestion would be to email and ask for clarification. However, if the words you provided are from the original materials - I would pass on whatever this product is and keep looking.
     
    YMC, Nov 16, 2010 IP
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    #8
    Hello,
    no sorry YMC, I know what I am talking about, I have been is this game long enough believe me, and I've seen and bought hundred's of reports, they all follow the same convention, when you see a [NO] it means you can't do it.
    Hope this helps
     
    rlerza, Nov 16, 2010 IP
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    #9
    Granted most of the time no means no, I've seen a lot of folks make lists of features and restrictions and confuse themselves with the use of double negatives. I would recommend to anyone that if you are not sure, ask.

    I can't remember what the product was but I have seen a similar double negative restriction where the resell option was open to buyers. While their TOS was unclear like this one, their promotional language was very clear on being able to rebrand and resell the materials.
     
    YMC, Nov 16, 2010 IP
  10. Perry Rose

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    #10
    I'm still confused by his post.

    Like YMC said...no means no. ... Period.

    Maybe one more beer will help....
     
    Perry Rose, Nov 16, 2010 IP
  11. YMC

    YMC Well-Known Member

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    #11
    If nothing else, this thread proves a fine example of poorly written content and how it can cost someone money.

    Out of 5 people - 2 are confused, 2 think "no no" means no and 1 thinks "no no" might actually mean yes.

    Too many people don't understand how truly important their terms of service are and that it's a contract between buyer and seller. Not everyone can write technical/legal documents like that and whoever wrote and styled this one didn't do the seller any favors.
     
    YMC, Nov 17, 2010 IP