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Originally Posted by Shaggy
I'd guess it's a lot more likely than that. I'd bet a lot of large forum sites have at least one instance of two identical comments over the course of the site's history. Now expand that to include the sum of the comments posted to all forums.
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My guess is that this has never unintentionally happened.
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Originally Posted by Shaggy
IE, two identical comments, each on a separate forum. Technically, wouldn't the latter infringe on the copyright of the former?
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I just don't see how a person could end up, word for word, posting the exact same comment as someone else did without intending to do it.
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Originally Posted by shaggy
Depends on who the copyright holder is, apparently.
You or me and it probably wouldn't even be taken seriously. Somebody with enough clout, and the FBI will start taking down the site.
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First off, copyright infringement is a a civil, not criminal, offense. Legislation like SOPA is really only geared towards commercial goods. Unless you are monetizing the comment, you are safe. Second, the only way you'd get caught is if the person was actively looking for identical comments. Who would do that? Do you think there are people out there routinely google searching every comment they ever made on the internet to make sure no one is copying them? It is possible, but I don't see it as a credible threat to anything.