Forum posts and copyright
January 12th, 2010
Who owns the copyright of messages posted in forums? The simple answer is the creator owns what they create. So if you post a message in a forum or on a social community, you own copyright of what was posted. That does not mean you can demand that a forum owner remove your material. You may own copyright, but you agreed when you join a forum that you allow the forum owner to do what they like with the content you post. None of this has really been tested in a court of law yet, but forum posts and copyright is going to be a bigger issue due to the popularity of forums.
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