: Re: Blog Contributions Copyright I have a blog that discusses grammar in local languages. I publicized my email and asked for contributions from the readers and experts on the subject. How about

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The contributors own the copyright to the content unless they assign it to you in some form.

Submission may or may not constitute permission for you to use the content. It certainly does not assign you exclusive copyright to the content.

To prevent the contributors from claiming their contents, ask them to assign you exclusive rights for whatever duration you wish, or in perpetuity. They may request reasonable compensation for such rights, or unreasonable compensation. They may not be willing to assign such rights at all. They might yell at you for asking.

Definitely attribute the content to the contributors unless they have explicitly agreed to assign you the rights without attribution.

I am not a lawyer. Seek legal advice about this stuff. The things you're asking about are terms normally negotiated in an explicit contract.

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