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I have been on Destructoid for a little and have grown to really love it's community. I love to write articles on gaming and I find it easy to do with Destructoid. I am currently studying a Bachelor Degree of Communication (Journalism), so that one day I can hope to do this professionally.

While studying I jump from job to job like crazy because I don't want to do anything but write, and while that may sound reckless, I assure you that I really couldn't live any other way if I tried.

I just want to say thanks to everybody involved with Destructoid including every reader, community blogger and contributor. It really is an amazing place in the digital, shit infested swamp lands of the internet.

I am a proud member of the Refused Classification panel also consisting of Destructoid members Puppy Licks and DanMazkin, which brings to the plate a fortnightly Destructoid only podcast and soon to be video content which will also be featuring guest appearances from gaming celebs such as the Masterchief.

I also write on Stereotoid; a weekly shift in the Earth's crust where the greatest music from all time seeps forth and pushes its way into our ears then forces us to write about it through mental fuckism. If you understood that, then well done.

P.S - One day I will write for Destructoid...That's right Niero! I'M COMING FOR YOU MOTHER FUCKER!

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Are our blogs being ripped off?
Samuel Dillinger \| 11:57 PM on 07.07.2008	24 comments

Listen,

I don't know if this is true or not but I was told that anything we write on a collective site such as Destructoid or where ever, can be used and copyrighted by other companies such as reviewers, game news sites and blah blah blah, the list goes on.

Now if this is true, we are doing somebody elses job and they are getting the money for it.

In the short time that I have been with destructoid I have been filled in on alot of info to do with gaming that I wouldnt come across anywhere else for a while to come.

So whats not to say that all this info and debating we bring up, isnt ripped off, chucked in some gaming mag or gaming site and we just keep feeding the monster without any real way of being known for the people who write it.

I must sound like a dickhead right now, but if you think about it, our blogs or posts arent copyrighted, and alot of people put alot of effort into their written works (me not being one of them obviously). So...whats the deal, im not sure.

Keep me posted if you can.

Much love and respect (obviously)
Moses

P.S- This blog is copyrighted under the 'steal my posts and ill rape your children' act 2008

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22 comments | showing # 1 to 22

MrSadistic

Welcome to the internet.

Samuel Dillinger

is there a way you can copyright your written material on collective sites like this?

Not that my posts are worthy of it, but just for the sake of asking

Gangles

It's an implicit arrangement. Destructoid uses their bandwidth and server space to host the posts, images, header, profile info, etc. and even promotes the best writers to the front page. In return, they get copyright ownership of whatever crap you write. Pretty fair imo.

king3vbo

Feel the wrath of Interweb Law

nintendoll

Any original creation, automatically is copywrighted by the own. Like gangles said, since Destructoid gives us I place to put there creations, it is most likely in the user agreement that suck pieces become their property.

Doesn't bother me much I guess.

nintendoll

*Any original creation is automatically copyrighted and owned by the original creator.

Skribble

If somebody thinks what you write is good enough to share with other people then let share it all they want.

Knowledge is free, dawg.

Skribble

holy crap nintendoll

what a clusterfuck of a paragraph hahaha

get some sleep

ShawnKelfonne

DEY TOOK ARE BLARGS!

Bob Muir

From what I can tell, what you write is still your own property. Destructoid isn't running some blog sweatshop where they get everything you make and you get "the privilege of writing on their site." That's just ridiculous.

However, the old Dtoid disclaimer, at least how I interpreted it, meant that Destructoid itself was not responsible for what happened once you published your blog on the site. Basically, if someone on the internet is ripping you off or infringing on your rights, Dtoid isn't responsible for it, and you are on your own for taking care of the issue.

Of course, you'd probably have to hear from Niero for a full answer.

Dogen

I'm interested to know the real scoop with this one. I trust Dtoid to not take credit for my stuff, but I suppose they could seeing as how all those words sit on their servers.

Y0j1mb0

Interesting query..

ShuperShawn

That is why I put no effort into my comments, that way nobody will bother stealing/using them and I can go on with my day knowing that my comments are safe.

Vongore

Actually, i don't mind if they put a

"This game is pure awesomeness"
-Destructoid.com-

As long it is real, it would be a nice marketing strategy

SLiFE

"11/10"
Caswh0re.com

wardrox

Read the Destructoid terms and conditions and look up public licenses. If you feel strongly then append your cblogs with said public license. Job done.

Detry

I own you.

BluDesign

God, I shudder to think that dtoid derives any pleasure or benefit out of the various fail blogs out there.

craineum

I welcome anyone stealing my stuff. There is a record of who wrote it first. And if you are good enough, and start getting enough attention, and put enough effort into, you could probably get some street cred, and ditch the dtoid losers for your own gig...

Oh wait did I just type that out loud :) If you are that concerned about it... don't write anything, that way you are safe. Oh, and don't expect laws to save you... they usually do more harm than good.

vexed alex

Can news be copyrighted?

boatorious

No, that's incorrect. IANAL but here's my understanding :

The copyright for a creation is always owned by the creator unless 1) it's a work-for-hire, or 2) there is some agreement otherwise.

You were not paid to write for destructoid, and you made no legally binding agreement to give them your copyright (the terms of service say no such thing). So, you own the copyright.

Brian Szabelski

The Innetnets is the new Wild West. In which case, I guess Niero is the local mayor and Ron is the town drunk or something.

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