• Tefinite Dev@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    This was actually a question I have, if I create a subreddit and start to mod it, does Reddit now own my subreddit? Yes, it does

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      1 year ago

      Reddit owns the subreddit, you own your content, other users own their content. Reddit has a license to use your content. And of course, Reddit can do whatever they like with any subreddit.

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        1 year ago

        you own your content, other users own their content

        I think this may be confusing for laymen. From a copyright standpoint you are off course correct, you are the author and therefore the “owner” of the words you just wrote on Reddit.

        But from a practical point of view the copy you send Reddit once you press submit takes a life of its own, governed by a very broad-reaching license, which for all intents and purposes means you don’t control that copy anymore.

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          100% correct, and I agree… people do not grasp the nuance there in most cases. Awaiting the day Reddit tries to claim they own the content though.