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I noticed it says "Please note that Mumsnet has copyright in all submissions to Mumsnet Talk"

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lingle · 03/02/2009 19:39

I noticed it says "Please note that Mumsnet has copyright in all submissions to Mumsnet Talk" still despite the makeover.

You'd need an assignment in writing signed by the assignor for that. I think you're trying to say you want an exclusive royalty-free perpetual licence? A royalty-free perpetual licence is reasonable - not an exclusive one though.

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HelenMumsnet · 04/02/2009 09:54

Hello, everyone.

It's pretty standard, we think, for sites to own copyright over your posts. But we are aware that our copyright notice needs a bit of tinkering with - see this thread

We'll get to it as soon as we can

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JustineMumsnet · 04/02/2009 11:01

Hello - we have posted on this here.

We are actually in the process of asking our book agents to look at our wording re copyright, which as was pointed out on this thread, is a wee bit austere. (We did just pilfer it from some other website a few years back).

Incidentally newspapers are legally able to lift short quotes from books and websites without permission - it's a clause called fair reporting or summat like that. Someone legal will know...

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JustineMumsnet · 05/02/2009 00:19

Thanks for all the advice folks. As we've said we are in the process of reviewing right now.

Zazen - you're right in that there's no tick box but our copyright note has always been in our Welcome note on the Talk home page and in our disclaimer at the bottom of every page. As we've said we've certainly never tried to hoodwink anyone. But we'll get it looked at for sure not least because our legal position as an "online publisher" seems to be changing as each test case gets fought.

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