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Who Owns Blog Comments?

If you leave a comment on my blog, who owns the rights to that comment? Do I own it? You’re submitting a comment to me. You’re leaving a comment, which would imply it’s mine, right? Do you own it? You’re the one creating the content in the first place. You’re writing it, and if you choose to be, you’re getting a byline for writing it.

The Problem with Twitter and Blog Comments

I have a problem with Twitter in relation to my blog comments. I post links to my blog comments on Twitter as they are posted to the blog. Usually I’ll find that people will read the post and then comment on Twitter instead of the comment section of the blog. This might sound like a [...]

Response from BackType

This is a little delayed, but Mike Montano from BackType left a comment on my post “Twitter for Comments?” Here’s what Mike had to say:
Thanks for writing about us. We’re working really hard to add blogs to the service to make it useful for our readers. Feel free to send me an email at mm [...]

Twitter for comments?

So there’s a new service out there which is supposed to be the new hotness according to TechCrunch: BackType, A Twitter For Comments.