Re:The use of Europe’s “right to be forgotten” privacy law h...
by nocturnial on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @07:33AM
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You're right it's also a copyright issue.
What are your cost estimates if I treated it as a copyright issue and just start suing everyone in breach as a private citizen for something I posted for free for everyone?
In theory, your suggestion works. In practice, copyright laws are more intended for companies and lawyers while privacy laws are for individuals.
edit: The right to be forgotten doesn't mention if there's also a copyright violation I can't invoke it.
If you wrote it, outside of employment, you hold the copyright to what you have written. I believe that is so internationally.
The hypothetical companies publishing that writing are breaching your copyright.
Even if you were commissioned to write a piece for a particular purpose, it is likely (by my understanding) that you still hold the copyright, and the hypothetical companies are still breaching your copyright by using your work for an unlicensed purpose.