I reached out to Report Host yesterday and offered to pay them a chunk of cash… in return for them abandoning all claims to any narrative or template used by any InterNACHI member anywhere. This would simultaneously relieve Spectora of having to delete anything used by an InterNACHI member.
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Now and future I hope. For this may be their new business model.
Jamie at PRO-LAB graciously put up part of the money as soon as I asked him to help: www.reliablelab.com
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I called Kevin (got VM) and asked if he can hold off until I can cut this deal with Report Host.
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Well, a Google search brings up this:
https://www.spectora.com/terms/
Reading through it, it does seem like they have insulated themselves pretty well from being liable if they delete old content. 
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You might want to go through your old (original) narratives, prior to RH being formed as a company, and find some that were plagiarized by the RH. Then, file an Amicus Brief to the current suit claiming those (and hundreds more like that) existed within the public domain, negating their alleged copyright.
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There is no case to file the brief. It was settled.
I’ve been saying this since day one. Congratulations on coming to your senses.
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Hi Nick,
Thanks for chatting with me today about some of the ideas circulating in the industry related to HomeGauge and our parent company. As we discussed, our parent company absolutely doesn’t sell our customers’ or clients’ data.
We’re part of a larger company in an industry that is required to play by the rules, and we take data privacy and security very seriously. In fact, we are one of the most regulated and secure industries in the country. We follow strict privacy laws and extra-tough security standards to make sure your information stays safe. You can trust that your data won’t be mishandled, compromised, tampered with, or accessed by anyone without explicit consent. We’re committed to transparency and security for all involved.
Insurance companies and home inspectors share a common goal: helping homeowners understand what’s happening in their homes and making sure the property and the those living there are safe and sound.
Our main objective is to prevent problems before they even happen. When things go wrong, it can cost homeowners significantly; they could lose valuable or irreplaceable items, pay high deductibles, and in a worst-case scenario, someone could get hurt. It’s a lose/lose situation for all involved. We want to reduce risks in homes and improve things for everyone so none of this happens in the first place.
For example, a major issue for preventable claims in a home is when rodents chew through a plastic water line behind the fridge, causing extensive damage. These incidents usually happen when families are away since rodents are more active in an empty home, which can be a disaster. But we can prevent this by spotting these risks early and upgrading to a braided water line to prevent water-related damage in homes.
Situations like this are why I want to find ways to connect the dots between the inspection world and the insurance world. Our goal is simple: how can we help homeowners with the ups and downs of owning a home and keeping it safe? We have a shared objective: how to help homeowners navigate the complexities of owning a home and reduce risks to their most valuable asset.
Thanks again for your time today! I hope this helps clear things up and shows how we can benefit from working together.
Sincerely,
Paul McIntyre
President
HomeGauge
Am I reading this wrong? Paul is saying that the insurance company is using the information from a home inspection and defending it with the excuse that they do not sell the information to others???
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They are hoarding the data for their exclusive use. At least Porch offers to sell the data to other providers (as well as use it themselves), lol.
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It kind of sounds selfish when you put it like that.
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They like to call it “exploiting all sources of revenue.” 
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You have to diversify if you are going to make it in this economy.
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HomeGauge, or their parent company, should have zero access, or legitimate reason to read, any of these reports, period. All reports should be solely between the inspector and the client, and no one else.
HomeGauge should be nothing more than a report software and cloud storage service.
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It is a partnership whereby the insurance company directs the homeowner where the risks are so the homeowner can pay to mitigate those (and any other) perceived risks AND continue to pay their unchanged premium. Then the insurance company will be thanked…sarcasm.
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Please thank Mr. McIntyre for confirming my post. I hope it is now clear to you as well that American Family is harvesting and using information from home inspection reports for insurance coverage purposes.
Keep in mind that the homebuyer that hires an inspector using American Family’s software program does NOT even have home insurance at the time of the inspection. Accordingly, this is NOT a simple matter of a home insurance company working to help a customer and … most importantly … it is something that is being concealed from the homebuyer who unwittingly allows this information to be provided to American Family by their home inspector.
Again, it is sadly humorous to see how home inspectors are the ones paying the vendors for the software that vendors use to harvest this data. It should be the other way around.
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I agree, and will add, not only HomeGuage, but any vendor that inspectors entrust with their clients information.
I think it would be a win win if Nick were to buy out Porch and obtain ISN and HIP to, for a small fee, provide home inspectors these services free from worry of lead brokers using our clients information.
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Hopefully, RH comes to its senses and takes the money.
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