Do forum members automatically own the Copyright of their posts?
I've occasionally got users demanding the removal of their posts, profiles etc., but I just delete them and they appear as guest, and they don't complain.
However, a couple of users claim Copyright ownership of their posts, and request deletion of each post!!
So, I have two questions:
1. Doesn't the forum owner own any content voluntarily posted by the author themselves?
2. And even if the Author own the copyrights of their posts, does that in itself obligate forum owners to delete their posts upon request?
I don't find it fair, since it may render some threads meanigless, and it's a lot of work deleting many posts manually without compensation for time. But this may irrelavent I guess?
I've occasionally got users demanding the removal of their posts, profiles etc., but I just delete them and they appear as guest, and they don't complain.
However, a couple of users claim Copyright ownership of their posts, and request deletion of each post!!
So, I have two questions:
1. Doesn't the forum owner own any content voluntarily posted by the author themselves?
2. And even if the Author own the copyrights of their posts, does that in itself obligate forum owners to delete their posts upon request?
I don't find it fair, since it may render some threads meanigless, and it's a lot of work deleting many posts manually without compensation for time. But this may irrelavent I guess?
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