The chances of a song from the songwriting forum becoming a "hit" are indeed small, but it's not impossible. If a song did take off, the incentive for people to claim a share of the royalties would become very tempting. It looks like possibly only the lawyers would win.

In order to make it work, I think you would need a disclaimer similar to that signed by session musicians, but it would be a nightmare to administer.

The used gear forum sounds good, as long as it doesn't start to rival ebay!

ROG.