this post was submitted on 16 Dec 2023
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In very limited circumstances. While copyright applies automatically, it has to be registered with the Copyright Office for you to be able to enforce it. I doubt Lemmy posters register each of their posts with the Copyright Office.
The World Copyright Office then?
Oh wait, three seconds of googling suggests my posts are most likely covered when I post via my home instance in Australia.
"You don't need to register for copyright in Australia. The moment an idea or creative concept is documented on paper or electronically it is automatically protected by copyright in Australia. Copyright protection is free and automatic under the Copyright Act 1968."
That's what I said.
You can't enforce it without it being registered. Courts will reject any claim that is filled with unregistered copyright.
That's only US courts. Other countries don't even have a procedure for registering copyrights.