Imposter bridges ride copycat!

some fellow named bill green is putting on a copycat bridges ride! good things about it: money going to a charity. bad things about it: money going to a christian charity.

i've been thinking a lot about stuff like this, especially since there have been about 20 copycat tweed runs around the world and a handful of new ones coming up. in most ways, i'm pretty cool with people using our ideas for formats. they're good ideas, and anything that gets people out on bikes is good. but then i also think that people should show a little initiative and creativity, you know? anyhow, i'm just rambling. your thoughts?

http://londonbikeride.com/images/TheBridgesofLondonFlyer.jpg

No-one owns the right to ride bicycles with friends on any public street.

I'm not even sure it's possible to copyright a route or to protect a ride in any way other than trademarking the name and logo for an event.

I am personally of the opinion that all rides should be encouraged. Regardless of who does them, what cause they're for, and who/what inspired them.

The only thing I feel that should be done is attribution and acknowledgement.

People should credit the source of an idea if they create a derivative.
People should credit the people that make an event work.

In this view:
All of the tweed rides around the world should've credited you Ted. Some did, some didn't.
All rides organised via/because of LFGSS should've credited the community for helping to make it happen.

So yeah I think it's cheeky for a bridges ride to appear without crediting mareeoh (for the 1st Bridges ride). And I think it's cheeky for them not to acknowledge the forum (for making the Bridges ride a huge event) and perhaps Ma3k for his incredible efforts each time one happens.

So I'm all cool from "owner of the forum" perspective about anyone doing anything... so long as it's credited.

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