# Republishing your own posts.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republishing-your-own-posts/326579>\
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**Created:** [October 17, 2005, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republishing-your-own-posts/326579 "2005-10-17T11:57:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![SentientMeat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SentientMeat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SentientMeat)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republishing-your-own-posts/326579/1 "2005-10-17T11:57:19Z")

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Just to clarify this:

> [@Registration agreement](#):
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> Republication of material appearing on the SDMB without express written permission of the Reader is prohibited, except that users retain the right to republish their own work.

I can use past posts of _mine_, in whole or in part, in anything I publish henceforth without explicit permission. If I want to use _other_ posts (including Cecil’s Column itself, naturally), I need explicit permission.

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republishing-your-own-posts/326579/2 "2005-10-17T12:17:11Z")

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That is correct.

TubaDiva