Re:Who Has Comment Copyright Ownership In A Disqus Era?
by webwright on Thursday May 29, 2008 @12:19PM
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Copyright ownership is one thing... I think that means that reproducing the comment elsewhere (in the "Best Disqus Comments EVAR Book of 2009" for example) would require permissin from the commenter.
But while you have rights to the creative work of the comment, I think the UGC site in question (whether it's Digg or Reddit) has the right to remove it or futz with it at will.
If I put a whiteboard outside and you draw a picture on it, it seems pretty ridiculous to think that you have the right to get upset if I erase it or even change it (or allow other people to erase it or change it). Of course, if I copied it, framed it, and sold it in a gallery...
But while you have rights to the creative work of the comment, I think the UGC site in question (whether it's Digg or Reddit) has the right to remove it or futz with it at will.
If I put a whiteboard outside and you draw a picture on it, it seems pretty ridiculous to think that you have the right to get upset if I erase it or even change it (or allow other people to erase it or change it). Of course, if I copied it, framed it, and sold it in a gallery...