True, better clients will remember that a person had a voice before they were opped and will return the + when they are deopped, but that doesn't solve the problem.

In the United States, recordings are only granted copyright protection when the sounds in the recording were fixed and first published on or after February 15, 1972.

‘Consent then Madam to their union and as a reward, this smelling Bottle which I enclose in my right hand, shall be yours and yours forever; I never will claim it again.’

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