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It depends entirely on what nation you're operating in. (And additionally state/territory, if the answer is the United States)

dom96 3y ago
Personally I'm most interested in the United Kingdom (since that is where I reside). But I would guess HN would be mostly interested in California (and I would be too since that is where Reddit is based).
pyeri 3y ago
Isn't it true that most implementations of copyright laws (irrespective of country/region) will likely have fair use exceptions for things like parody, journalistic reporting and archiving?
- codingdave 3y ago
  Well... no. Some jurisdictions will have fair use exceptions for some scenarios. I don't think we can assume "most", "likely", or "irrespective of country/region", although it can feel like that if you happen to live in an area where such things are commonly allowed.
anonu 3y ago
This is probably bad legal advice (above and following...). The EULA clearly states reddit content is owned by reddit. If you break their agreement you break it - and the Governing Law section says you would be put in Federal or state court in California, even if you are a foreign national. Does a California court have jurisdiction over a foreign national. Probably not - which is entirely possible that Reddit would take a lawsuit to whatever court is closest to the person. As I stated above, this isn't legal advice either, just my layman's view.
- ben_w 3y ago
  I'm also not a lawyer. My reading of the user agreement[0] is that it distinguishes between "content that belongs to Reddit Inc." (things like the CSS and up/down vote icons) and "content licensed by Reddit" (what users post). But yeah, lawyering is hard, don't just trust random internet comments like this :) [0] https://www.redditinc.com/policies/user-agreement https://www.redditinc.com/policies/user-agreement
- kaba0 3y ago
  Are EULA even enforcible? Also, AFAIK you can never completely revoke your rights to content you yourself created in the EU.

dom96 3y ago

Personally I'm most interested in the United Kingdom (since that is where I reside). But I would guess HN would be mostly interested in California (and I would be too since that is where Reddit is based).

pyeri 3y ago

Isn't it true that most implementations of copyright laws (irrespective of country/region) will likely have fair use exceptions for things like parody, journalistic reporting and archiving?

codingdave 3y ago
Well... no. Some jurisdictions will have fair use exceptions for some scenarios. I don't think we can assume "most", "likely", or "irrespective of country/region", although it can feel like that if you happen to live in an area where such things are commonly allowed.

anonu 3y ago

This is probably bad legal advice (above and following...). The EULA clearly states reddit content is owned by reddit. If you break their agreement you break it - and the Governing Law section says you would be put in Federal or state court in California, even if you are a foreign national. Does a California court have jurisdiction over a foreign national. Probably not - which is entirely possible that Reddit would take a lawsuit to whatever court is closest to the person. As I stated above, this isn't legal advice either, just my layman's view.

ben_w 3y ago
I'm also not a lawyer. My reading of the user agreement[0] is that it distinguishes between "content that belongs to Reddit Inc." (things like the CSS and up/down vote icons) and "content licensed by Reddit" (what users post). But yeah, lawyering is hard, don't just trust random internet comments like this :) [0] https://www.redditinc.com/policies/user-agreement https://www.redditinc.com/policies/user-agreement
kaba0 3y ago
Are EULA even enforcible? Also, AFAIK you can never completely revoke your rights to content you yourself created in the EU.