Owning the Material

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  theybredraptors · Member · Mar 18, 2015 at 7:21 am

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  If I pay for a WordPress.com account and a domain name – I own the material I write, right? Can our accounts just be taken away?… I read that somewhere.

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  auxclass · Member · Mar 18, 2015 at 7:27 am

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  You own your own material, you grant WordPress.COM a license to display it anywhere in the world. If you leave WordPress.COM they don’t retain any rights to your material

  If you violate the Terms of Service that you agreed to but probably did not read, your blog will be suspended. Your account is forever

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  kokkieh · Staff · Mar 18, 2015 at 7:33 am

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  Here are some of the policies you should probably read to prevent your blog being suspended:

  http://en.wordpress.com/tos/
  http://wordpress.com/types-of-blogs/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/user-guidelines/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/advertising/

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  raincoaster · Member · Mar 18, 2015 at 7:37 am

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  By “display it anywhere in the world” all he means is, put the stuff on your blog and make it accessible on the internet. YOU still own the actual content.

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  auxclass · Member · Mar 18, 2015 at 7:38 am

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  @kokkieh – thanks for the links – was just too lazy to dig them out and my list has a format problem and takes a bit of work when pasting here

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  kokkieh · Staff · Mar 18, 2015 at 7:39 am

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  @auxclass, I had the answer already written, then refreshed and saw yours, and thought I’d post them anyway :)

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  auxclass · Member · Mar 18, 2015 at 7:41 am

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  It all works out in the end

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  kokkieh · Staff · Mar 18, 2015 at 7:44 am

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  Teamwork FTW

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  theybredraptors · Member · Mar 18, 2015 at 7:56 am

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  Thanks for the illumination all.
  And thanks to WordPress for the BBQ treat.