Comment by bdcravens
2 years ago
You are correct. Any content created on someone else's site isn't yours - Youtube, Facebook, HN, etc. Even Gmail. We are making a tradeoff for reach, access, performance, etc.
2 years ago
You are correct. Any content created on someone else's site isn't yours - Youtube, Facebook, HN, etc. Even Gmail. We are making a tradeoff for reach, access, performance, etc.
Is that true? I don't know about the other services, but YouTube has this to say in their terms of service:
> You retain ownership rights in your Content.
https://www.youtube.com/t/terms
This is completely, utterly incorrect. From Reddit's own terms:
> You retain any ownership rights you have in Your Content, but you grant Reddit the following license to use that Content: ...
https://www.redditinc.com/policies/user-agreement/
This just isn't true. The content is legally yours, Reddit only has a license to it so they can display it on their site. Just like a record label though, Reddit has economies of scale and can do more with your content than you can, creating a power imbalance.