diff --git a/phpBB/adm/style/install_footer.html b/phpBB/adm/style/install_footer.html
index 20fca423bf..9b5494b8b6 100644
--- a/phpBB/adm/style/install_footer.html
+++ b/phpBB/adm/style/install_footer.html
@@ -6,18 +6,7 @@
 		</div>
 		</div>
 	</div>
-	
-	<!--
-		We request you retain the full copyright notice below including the link to www.phpbb.com.
-		This not only gives respect to the large amount of time given freely by the developers
-		but also helps build interest, traffic and use of phpBB. If you (honestly) cannot retain
-		the full copyright we ask you at least leave in place the "Powered by phpBB" line, with
-		"phpBB" linked to www.phpbb.com. If you refuse to include even this then support on our
-		forums may be affected.
-	
-		The phpBB Group : 2006
-	// -->
-	
+
 	<div id="page-footer">
 		Powered by <a href="http://www.phpbb.com/">phpBB</a> &copy; phpBB Group
 	</div>
diff --git a/phpBB/adm/style/overall_footer.html b/phpBB/adm/style/overall_footer.html
index ac9e826dd8..03ca369562 100644
--- a/phpBB/adm/style/overall_footer.html
+++ b/phpBB/adm/style/overall_footer.html
@@ -6,18 +6,7 @@
 		</div>
 		</div>
 	</div>
-	
-	<!--
-		We request you retain the full copyright notice below including the link to www.phpbb.com.
-		This not only gives respect to the large amount of time given freely by the developers
-		but also helps build interest, traffic and use of phpBB. If you (honestly) cannot retain
-		the full copyright we ask you at least leave in place the "Powered by phpBB" line, with
-		"phpBB" linked to www.phpbb.com. If you refuse to include even this then support on our
-		forums may be affected.
-	
-		The phpBB Group : 2006
-	// -->
-	
+
 	<div id="page-footer">
 		<!-- IF S_COPYRIGHT_HTML -->
 			Powered by <a href="http://www.phpbb.com/">phpBB</a> &copy; phpBB Group
diff --git a/phpBB/adm/style/simple_footer.html b/phpBB/adm/style/simple_footer.html
index c7b8282d3f..7276fb4b63 100644
--- a/phpBB/adm/style/simple_footer.html
+++ b/phpBB/adm/style/simple_footer.html
@@ -2,17 +2,6 @@
 	<br /><br />
 </div>
 
-<!--
-	We request you retain the full copyright notice below including the link to www.phpbb.com.
-	This not only gives respect to the large amount of time given freely by the developers
-	but also helps build interest, traffic and use of phpBB. If you (honestly) cannot retain
-	the full copyright we ask you at least leave in place the "Powered by phpBB" line, with
-	"phpBB" linked to www.phpbb.com. If you refuse to include even this then support on our
-	forums may be affected.
-
-	The phpBB Group : 2006
-// -->
-
 <div id="page-footer">
 
 	<!-- IF S_COPYRIGHT_HTML -->
diff --git a/phpBB/styles/prosilver/template/overall_footer.html b/phpBB/styles/prosilver/template/overall_footer.html
index aeb6dc9ba3..1a044b0ca1 100644
--- a/phpBB/styles/prosilver/template/overall_footer.html
+++ b/phpBB/styles/prosilver/template/overall_footer.html
@@ -19,17 +19,6 @@
 		<span class="corners-bottom"><span></span></span></div>
 	</div>
 
-<!--
-	We request you retain the full copyright notice below including the link to www.phpbb.com.
-	This not only gives respect to the large amount of time given freely by the developers
-	but also helps build interest, traffic and use of phpBB3. If you (honestly) cannot retain
-	the full copyright we ask you at least leave in place the "Powered by phpBB" line, with
-	"phpBB" linked to www.phpbb.com. If you refuse to include even this then support on our
-	forums may be affected.
-
-	The phpBB Group : 2006
-//-->
-
 	<div class="copyright">Powered by <a href="http://www.phpbb.com/">phpBB</a> &copy; phpBB Group
 		<!-- IF TRANSLATION_INFO --><br />{TRANSLATION_INFO}<!-- ENDIF -->
 		<!-- IF DEBUG_OUTPUT --><br />{DEBUG_OUTPUT}<!-- ENDIF -->
diff --git a/phpBB/styles/prosilver/template/simple_footer.html b/phpBB/styles/prosilver/template/simple_footer.html
index 2d7ed97fe9..daeb786fcb 100644
--- a/phpBB/styles/prosilver/template/simple_footer.html
+++ b/phpBB/styles/prosilver/template/simple_footer.html
@@ -1,14 +1,4 @@
 	</div>
-<!--
-	We request you retain the full copyright notice below including the link to www.phpbb.com.
-	This not only gives respect to the large amount of time given freely by the developers
-	but also helps build interest, traffic and use of phpBB3. If you (honestly) cannot retain
-	the full copyright we ask you at least leave in place the "Powered by phpBB" line, with
-	"phpBB" linked to www.phpbb.com. If you refuse to include even this then support on our
-	forums may be affected.
-
-	The phpBB Group : 2006
-//-->
 
 	<div class="copyright">Powered by <a href="http://www.phpbb.com/">phpBB</a> &copy; phpBB Group
 		<!-- IF TRANSLATION_INFO --><br />{TRANSLATION_INFO}<!-- ENDIF -->
diff --git a/phpBB/styles/prosilver/template/ucp_pm_viewmessage_print.html b/phpBB/styles/prosilver/template/ucp_pm_viewmessage_print.html
index dc941a5b10..c69bb82382 100644
--- a/phpBB/styles/prosilver/template/ucp_pm_viewmessage_print.html
+++ b/phpBB/styles/prosilver/template/ucp_pm_viewmessage_print.html
@@ -105,16 +105,6 @@ hr.sep	{
 </table>
 
 <hr width="85%" />
-<!--
-	We request you retain the full copyright notice below including the link to www.phpbb.com.
-	This not only gives respect to the large amount of time given freely by the developers
-	but also helps build interest, traffic and use of phpBB3. If you (honestly) cannot retain
-	the full copyright we ask you at least leave in place the "Powered by phpBB" line, with
-	"phpBB" linked to www.phpbb.com. If you refuse to include even this then support on our
-	forums may be affected.
-
-	The phpBB Group : 2006
-//-->
 
 <table width="85%" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center">
 <tr>
diff --git a/phpBB/styles/prosilver/template/viewtopic_print.html b/phpBB/styles/prosilver/template/viewtopic_print.html
index 0d7dd3bd9f..eeb5956075 100644
--- a/phpBB/styles/prosilver/template/viewtopic_print.html
+++ b/phpBB/styles/prosilver/template/viewtopic_print.html
@@ -43,16 +43,6 @@
 		<!-- END postrow -->
 	</div>
 
-<!--
-	We request you retain the full copyright notice below including the link to www.phpbb.com.
-	This not only gives respect to the large amount of time given freely by the developers
-	but also helps build interest, traffic and use of phpBB3. If you (honestly) cannot retain
-	the full copyright we ask you at least leave in place the "Powered by phpBB" line, with
-	"phpBB" linked to www.phpbb.com. If you refuse to include even this then support on our
-	forums may be affected.
-
-	The phpBB Group : 2006
-//-->
 	<div id="page-footer">
 		<div class="page-number">{S_TIMEZONE}<br />{PAGE_NUMBER}</div>
 		<div class="copyright">Powered by phpBB &copy; phpBB Group<br />http://www.phpbb.com/</div>
diff --git a/phpBB/styles/subsilver2/template/overall_footer.html b/phpBB/styles/subsilver2/template/overall_footer.html
index 187d0f4366..b53fff9f7f 100644
--- a/phpBB/styles/subsilver2/template/overall_footer.html
+++ b/phpBB/styles/subsilver2/template/overall_footer.html
@@ -1,17 +1,6 @@
 	<!-- IF not S_IS_BOT -->{RUN_CRON_TASK}<!-- ENDIF -->
 </div>
 
-<!--
-	We request you retain the full copyright notice below including the link to www.phpbb.com.
-	This not only gives respect to the large amount of time given freely by the developers
-	but also helps build interest, traffic and use of phpBB3. If you (honestly) cannot retain
-	the full copyright we ask you at least leave in place the "Powered by phpBB" line, with
-	"phpBB" linked to www.phpbb.com. If you refuse to include even this then support on our
-	forums may be affected.
-
-	The phpBB Group : 2006
-//-->
-
 <div id="wrapfooter">
 	<!-- IF U_ACP --><span class="gensmall">[ <a href="{U_ACP}">{L_ACP}</a> ]</span><br /><br /><!-- ENDIF -->
 	<span class="copyright">Powered by <a href="http://www.phpbb.com/">phpBB</a> &copy; phpBB Group
diff --git a/phpBB/styles/subsilver2/template/simple_footer.html b/phpBB/styles/subsilver2/template/simple_footer.html
index 11ea83e729..1bd146b599 100644
--- a/phpBB/styles/subsilver2/template/simple_footer.html
+++ b/phpBB/styles/subsilver2/template/simple_footer.html
@@ -1,17 +1,6 @@
 
 </div>
 
-<!--
-	We request you retain the full copyright notice below including the link to www.phpbb.com.
-	This not only gives respect to the large amount of time given freely by the developers
-	but also helps build interest, traffic and use of phpBB3. If you (honestly) cannot retain
-	the full copyright we ask you at least leave in place the "Powered by phpBB" line, with
-	"phpBB" linked to www.phpbb.com. If you refuse to include even this then support on our
-	forums may be affected.
-
-	The phpBB Group : 2006
-//-->
-
 <div id="wrapfooter">
 	<span class="copyright">Powered by <a href="http://www.phpbb.com/">phpBB</a> &copy; phpBB Group</span>
 </div>
diff --git a/phpBB/styles/subsilver2/template/ucp_pm_viewmessage_print.html b/phpBB/styles/subsilver2/template/ucp_pm_viewmessage_print.html
index 5ade7e5fc2..eff4a2a7dd 100644
--- a/phpBB/styles/subsilver2/template/ucp_pm_viewmessage_print.html
+++ b/phpBB/styles/subsilver2/template/ucp_pm_viewmessage_print.html
@@ -107,15 +107,6 @@ hr.sep {
 </table>
 
 <hr width="85%" />
-<!--
-	We request you retain the full copyright notice below including the link to www.phpbb.com.
-	This not only gives respect to the large amount of time given freely by the developers
-	but also helps build interest, traffic and use of phpBB3. If you (honestly) cannot retain
-	the full copyright we ask you at least leave in place the "Powered by phpBB" line. If you
-	refuse to include even this then support on our forums may be affected.
-
-	The phpBB Group : 2006
-// -->
 
 <table width="85%" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center">
 <tr>
diff --git a/phpBB/styles/subsilver2/template/viewtopic_print.html b/phpBB/styles/subsilver2/template/viewtopic_print.html
index 43da4620ae..38ec10fad8 100644
--- a/phpBB/styles/subsilver2/template/viewtopic_print.html
+++ b/phpBB/styles/subsilver2/template/viewtopic_print.html
@@ -121,15 +121,6 @@ hr.sep {
 <!-- END postrow -->
 
 <hr width="85%" />
-<!--
-	We request you retain the full copyright notice below including the link to www.phpbb.com.
-	This not only gives respect to the large amount of time given freely by the developers
-	but also helps build interest, traffic and use of phpBB3. If you (honestly) cannot retain
-	the full copyright we ask you at least leave in place the "Powered by phpBB" line. If you
-	refuse to include even this then support on our forums may be affected.
-
-	The phpBB Group : 2006
-// -->
 
 <table width="85%" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center">
 <tr>