# Who owns what we write here? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 12, 2006, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-owns-what-we-write-here/368437 "2006-08-12T11:37:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2006, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-owns-what-we-write-here/368437/1 "2006-08-12T11:37:08Z")
Does the SD (and City Paper, I presume) own exclusive rights to what an individual posts, even though WE are paying the SD? And, not vice versa? :dubious: I can understand one poster not having the rights to the replies, but his/her own replies? Seems like the OP should own the rights… (Perhaps this was in the original, standard agreement to operate here" form, but in the beginning, this as a free service, too…so those “standard conditions” have changed. Just being curious… ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2006, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-owns-what-we-write-here/368437/2 "2006-08-12T11:39:22Z")
> [@Ed Zotti](#): > > All postings and other material on the SDMB are copyrighted by the Reader. 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. By posting on this board you grant the Reader and its successors and assigns a nonexclusive irrevocable right to reuse your posting in any manner it or they see fit without notice or compensation to you. > **[SDMB registration agreement as of 12/5/2005](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=347160)** > > The agreement below spells out the rules by which SDMB users are expected to abide. Changes since the last version are indicated in bold. These changes affect the privacy policy. The rationale for these changes may be found in a separate post... ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2006, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-owns-what-we-write-here/368437/3 "2006-08-12T12:14:12Z")
That language is also at the very bottom of this – and every – page. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2006, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-owns-what-we-write-here/368437/4 "2006-08-12T12:17:20Z")
So it is…never noticed that before…damn lawyers 😉 ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2006, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-owns-what-we-write-here/368437/5 "2006-08-12T12:19:17Z")
All your base[sub]writings[/sub] belong to us. [sub]and you[/sub]