What is the Legal copyright on a Lemmy Post? - eviltoast

Most instances don’t have a specific copyright in their ToS, which is basically how copyright is handled on corporate social media (Meta/X/Reddit owns license rights to whatever you post on their platform when you click “Agree”). I’ve noticed some people including Copyright notices in posts (mostly to prevent AI use). Is this necessary, or is the creator the automatic copyright owner? Does adding the copyright/license information do anything?

Please note if you have legal credentials in your reply. (I’m in the USA, but I’d be interested to hear about other jurisdictions if there are differences)

  • gedaliyah@lemmy.worldOP
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    6 months ago

    There’s a bit more to it than just that

    BY - attribution is required

    NC - as you said, cannot be used for commercial purposes

    SA - Share Alike -anything using it must be shared under a similar license.