Posted by yxibow on October 29, 2009, at 3:00:04
In reply to Copyright Your Posts, posted by psych chat on October 28, 2009, at 18:29:04
> Anyone with a legal background here? Is it possible to copyright the content of all your posts? Or does it have to be an intellectural work of literature, art, etc., in order for copyrights to be used?
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> Maybe it's simple to get a copyright for all the comments written under your posting name. That way, you could sue/prosecute anyone who copies what you wrote and posts it on Twitter or Facebook.
In the US, anything you write of a substantial nature (I don't know if a twit hello counts) is de facto your copyright. To ensure that it is de jure, which it is technically, you would have to have to have a copyright attorney, etc... for each post this would be rather substantial!
(Equally though Fair Use applies, and in this case is VERY UNFORTUNATE FOR OUR PRIVACY, but that does not mean publishing something in entirety. That means an excerpted quote.)
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