In other words does the forum owner own the rights to all content produced by that forums members?
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In other words does the forum owner own the rights to all content produced by that forums members?
Most terms when you sign up indicate yes I believe.
A dutch lawyer told me that I own what was posted on my forums and the people who post it have no rights to it...
That's paramount to saying a web host owns all the material you upload to their webserver. Is that the case?
Hosting is more like parking lot, if you pay for a parking spot the owner of the parking spot does not own your car.
You could say that a forum is a parking spot for your message too though.
I'd think they should do, as big forums wouldn't go to the trouble of removing posts that have coppied content in.
It depends on the user agreement you agreed to when you registered. Most say that the forum owners have the right to all content posted.