I use a lot of different commercial scripts and will most likely end up using even more in the coming years. Part of staying ahead of the competition means using better scripts than them. If that means hiring a coder to design custom code for you then that’s fine. If it means you buy a script such as vBulletin, InvisionProBoard, etc, that also works. The one thing that always gets me though is when people are so adamant about displaying the script author copyright information on the bottom of their site.

First of all, people will still know what your site is running even if you remove the copyright. Even if they don’t know right away all they have to do is go to any webmaster forum and ask “What is this site running?” and they will have their answer. There are a few cases when copyright removal works out, but, that’s only when 90% or more of the look of the script is changed. If you are going to just buy a script and use the template that comes with it then why bother paying an additional fee to remove the copyright?

This is different when it comes to selling your own scripts, however. While I still think that paying for copyright removal is a waste of money, I still offer it on every script that I sell. Why? Simple. There are people that will want to remove the copyright info no matter what you tell them. I usually charge around $50 for copyright removal, which is a very standard rate. Most professional scripts like vBulletin charge even more than that. In the end, it’s a waste of money. There are many other ways that $50 can help your site and copyright removal is not one of them.