And whose "Intellectual Property" resided in those forums? The software company would say "we bought the forums, the content is ours". Oh, but they'll also disallow anyone from claiming they gave money for a piece of software so the content belongs to the user. Nope, not only do you have to pay forever or we'll shut you down, we will also peruse your hdd anytime we desire, and all this under the guise of protecting OUR intellectual property.