Reddit owns the subreddit, you own your content, other users own their content. Reddit has a license to use your content. And of course, Reddit can do whatever they like with any subreddit.
you own your content, other users own their content
I think this may be confusing for laymen. From a copyright standpoint you are off course correct, you are the author and therefore the “owner” of the words you just wrote on Reddit.
But from a practical point of view the copy you send Reddit once you press submit takes a life of its own, governed by a very broad-reaching license, which for all intents and purposes means you don’t control that copy anymore.
Reddit owns the subreddit, you own your content, other users own their content. Reddit has a license to use your content. And of course, Reddit can do whatever they like with any subreddit.
I think this may be confusing for laymen. From a copyright standpoint you are off course correct, you are the author and therefore the “owner” of the words you just wrote on Reddit.
But from a practical point of view the copy you send Reddit once you press submit takes a life of its own, governed by a very broad-reaching license, which for all intents and purposes means you don’t control that copy anymore.
100% correct, and I agree… people do not grasp the nuance there in most cases. Awaiting the day Reddit tries to claim they own the content though.