Who has publication rights?
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Hello! I’m new here, and have a question regarding publication rights. If I put something (my own work) on my WordPress.com blog, and then later want to publish it in a book or magazine, do I have full and free rights to do so or does WordPress own any ‘first rights’?
Thank you!
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Any ORIGINAL content that you create and post on your blog is YOURS. In fact, the moment that you start a post (even before it is published), it is automatically copyrighted by you.
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The only license you give wordpress is for them to be able to display your stuff on the web (on your blog). Without that permission, they could not allow people to see your stuff via your blog.
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This is from the terms of service
By submitting Content to Automattic for inclusion on your Website, you grant Automattic a world-wide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, modify, adapt and publish the Content solely for the purpose of displaying, distributing and promoting your blog.
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