Emmie - you are cool, I like you. 
And I didn't take any of that personally, no worries.
Sharp - you are correct, I do not, in fact, work in a field that requires deep understanding of such laws. I am going by common sense. If I put in the time and effort to make something better (add value to it) then I should be, from said position of common sense, able to capitalize on the value that I added to a product or service. Not on the base offering, but on the value added. Because otherwise, if the company declares that value aded by third party is company property - that is fraud, since I received no renumeration from the company for it. Again - with the correction, that if ToS that I have agreed to initially specified that such value is the property of the company - in that case you are correct, and I own no part of it.
One thing I would ask of you, respectfully, of course - please refrain from implying that I am a moron simply because I am Russian or that I live in Russia. I could not care less what you think of the Russian government (actually, I don't much care about your opinion of me, personally, either ), but the remark that "being based in Russia may not help with your understanding of laws" implies that I am a village idiot, to be frank. If you want to call me stupid - have the decency to do so straight out, without politically correct implications
And I didn't take any of that personally, no worries. Sharp - you are correct, I do not, in fact, work in a field that requires deep understanding of such laws. I am going by common sense. If I put in the time and effort to make something better (add value to it) then I should be, from said position of common sense, able to capitalize on the value that I added to a product or service. Not on the base offering, but on the value added. Because otherwise, if the company declares that value aded by third party is company property - that is fraud, since I received no renumeration from the company for it. Again - with the correction, that if ToS that I have agreed to initially specified that such value is the property of the company - in that case you are correct, and I own no part of it.
One thing I would ask of you, respectfully, of course - please refrain from implying that I am a moron simply because I am Russian or that I live in Russia. I could not care less what you think of the Russian government (actually, I don't much care about your opinion of me, personally, either
), but the remark that "being based in Russia may not help with your understanding of laws" implies that I am a village idiot, to be frank. If you want to call me stupid - have the decency to do so straight out, without politically correct implications