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		pilom on Sept 13, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: CBC is forcing me to remove my app from the Mac Ap... I was under the impression that SO "could" for instance copyright all user submitted content. In that case the republication of that content without the permission of the copyright holder would be illegal.

sp332 on Sept 13, 2011 [–]

You own the copyright on everything you write. The site can only claim copyright if you transfer it to them during the comment submission process.

PotatoEngineer on Sept 13, 2011 | [–]

And many sites specifically state that you're signing over the copyright as part of posting.

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