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Originally Posted by bitoy
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vBulletin is just the software the board uses, nothing to do with ownership.
Pretty common for manufacturers to strong arm forums as Honda and Fit are heavily trademarked. My Yamaha snowmobile forum, the name anyway is owned by Yamaha, the owner had to sign it over or change the name of the forum.
Wasn't a big deal though as it didn't change anything. The owner still owns the forum (except for the name) and he still gets all the ad revenue.
And Yamaha has never tinkered with the content except for once when a thread was downright dangerous (which it was)
Honda may not have messed with that new start-up forum, as they arent big on anybodies radar screen but they will be because they use 'Honda Fit' in the name.