• lemmyvore@feddit.nl
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    1 year ago

    you own your content, other users own their content

    I think this may be confusing for laymen. From a copyright standpoint you are off course correct, you are the author and therefore the “owner” of the words you just wrote on Reddit.

    But from a practical point of view the copy you send Reddit once you press submit takes a life of its own, governed by a very broad-reaching license, which for all intents and purposes means you don’t control that copy anymore.

    • Melpomene@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      100% correct, and I agree… people do not grasp the nuance there in most cases. Awaiting the day Reddit tries to claim they own the content though.