Ask HN: Who owns (legally) user comments at HN?

7 pointsjmstfv2 comments

Copyright is owned by the writers; HN has implied license to display. (This has come up before; fairly sure I am quoting a lawyer.)

[Edit to add: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3641312 <-- Grellas is, indeed, a lawyer.)

Thank you!