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WriterMom2 on "What gives WordPress the right to infringe on registered copyrights?"

WriterMom2 — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 08:10:05 +0000

Thought I put my 2 cents in I totally agree that WordPress.com is not a blog police. You must be careful what you post on the internet because you maybe asked to take the blog down. I think 'common sense' goes a long way.

It's good to know that WordPress will remove blogs for reasons such as porn, illegal activity, etc...Maybe they can speak with Twitter to do the same. You'd be surprised at the people on Twitter and what they're promoting...too steamy for me! I've blocked so many people that it's kind of comical

Trisha Miller on "What gives WordPress the right to infringe on registered copyrights?"

Trisha Miller — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:58:23 +0000

Hi Duchess - I think that the person on LinkedIn who posted that is confusing Wordpress.com's service with the millions of people who host their blogs there.......So whatever infringement has occurred is (I'm fairly certain) the fault of a single blogger, not WordPress.com.

To a large extent, WordPress.com does NOT moderate or control what content people who host their blogs with them post to their site - could you imagine if they did? People would complain about censorship and lack of free speech. It really isn't their job to be the "blog police". Imagine for a moment that the person who is complaining about copyright infringement isn't being truthful (I'm not doubting them, just posing a hypothetical example).....who is to say who is telling the truth? Should WordPress take down content and then find out that they shouldn't have? With millions (and that's not an exaggeration) of blogs hosted there, that would be such a monumentally full-time job that they would not be able to offer hosting for free.

However, I have heard that they will remove blogs for reasons such as illegal activity, hate mongering, or pornography. But those are pretty much black and white cases - no gray area - whereas a claim about copyright infringement is very, very, gray.

DuchessOfWriting on "What gives WordPress the right to infringe on registered copyrights?"

DuchessOfWriting — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 07:29:20 +0000

I belong to a group on LinkedIn and someone posted this comment: "WordPress.com infringes on registered copyrights and refuses to remove content when they're notified of the violation (Automattic.com and WordPress.org). There remains many unscrupulous websites and bloggers on the Internet. My work is blatantly being infringed upon by one of the blogs of WordPress.com."

How does WordPress have the right to do this? Are they doing this? Just looking for clarification.