If It’s On the Internet, It’s Public Domain — Right?

Spoiler alert: NOPE.

I have no clue where this idea came from or how it managed to spread faster than a California wildfire, but a baffling number of people seem to think that anything they find online is theirs to keep. They will argue to the point of apoplexy that it is “in the public domain” simply by virtue of being posted on the Internet.

In a word: Bullshit.

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