freedomdwarf1
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Try reading CM's privacy notice.
You agree by using the site that it is available to the public.
By agreeing to the use of the site and it's terms, part of that wording states: "should immediately be considered to be public information".
That is the bit that says you have effectively waived your rights to claim copyright.
It is now public information.
If you don't agree to the site T's & C's, you shouldn't use it and leave immediately.
I did read the terms and conditions of CM, which is where I got the quotes from.
Public information refers to the privacy of sensitive or identifying details, such as your photograph, name, location, etc. It should not be confused with copyright, which is maintained whether the information is public or not.
copyright 1) n. the exclusive right of the author or creator of a literary or artistic property (such as a book, movie, or musical composition) to print, copy, sell, license, distribute, transform to another medium, translate, record or perform or otherwise use (or not use) and to give it to another by will. As soon as a work is created and is in a tangible form (such as writing or taping) the work automatically has federal copyright protection. On any distributed and/or published work a notice should be affixed stating the word copyright, or copy or "c" in a circle, with the name of the creator, and the date of copyright (which is the year of first publication). The notice should be on the title page or the page immediately following, and for graphic arts on a clearly visible or accessible place. A work should be registered with the U. S. Copyright Office by submitting a registration form and two copies of the work with a fee which a) establishes proof of earliest creation and publication, b) is required to file a lawsuit for infringement of copyright, c) if filed within three months of publication, established a right to attorneys' fees in an infringement suit. Copyrights cover the following: literary, musical and dramatic works, periodicals, maps, works of art (including models), art reproductions, sculptural works, technical drawings, photographs, prints (including labels), movies and other audiovisial works, computer programs, compilations of works and derivative works, and architectural drawings. Not subject to copyright are short phrases, titles, extemporaneous speeches or live unrecorded performances, common information, government publications, mere ideas, and seditious, obscene, libelous and fraudulent work. For any work created from 1978 to date a copyright is good for the author's life, plus 50 years, with a few exceptions such as work "for hire" which is owned by the one commissioning the work for a period of 75 years from publication. After that it falls into the public domain.
Source: http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/copyright
By agreeing to and accepting CM's terms of service, you have given to another (the public) by will.
And, if you have not registered such works or added the required notifications upon said works, you would not be able to sue for infringement of copyright.
Notwithstanding the phrase "Not subject to copyright are short phrases, titles, extemporaneous speeches or live unrecorded performances, common information, government publications, mere ideas, and seditious, obscene, libelous and fraudulent work." to which most of CM's contributions would fall under, the fact that you have agreed to make your contribution "common" (by placing it for public consumption) would also place such material outside of the copyright laws.
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