Content creators hold copyright, the fundamental right civilization is built upon. This page will explain my stance on copyright as it relates to content found on this website. In summary, I hold copyright on text found on this website and allow individual users to freely share and copy any portion of it according to their needs as long as they're not abusing those rights to make money or ruin my reputation.
Copyright represents a unique expression of a commonly present idea that's often considered to exist in "public domain", a freely available pool of ideas passed down through generations. For example, a public domain idea is that of a woman being abused by her stepmom aka Cinderella but Disney's 1950 rendition of that story under the title "Cinderella" represents a unique, copyrighted work. Technically speaking, you're allowed to make money off of the original Cinderella story but shouldn't be making money off of "Cinderella" but that's where things get muddled.
Courts deal with copyright infringement in convoluted and expensive cases, with those who file charges first and have deeper coffers often being the ones to win the case. In this case, Disney is likely to sue anyone who tries to make a Cinderella animated movie that's perfectly original under the claim that it's infringing on their copyright. Copyright owners have supreme control over their content but the trick is that transforming content makes it unique and voids copyright, with the ratio of uniqueness to copied content being the crucial factor. So, if you want to avoid copyright trouble, transform the content in question as much as possible.
If you want to use any part of any text on this website, the safest way would be to reword it in such a way that it can no longer be traced back to this website. I don't plan on hunting down soccer moms copying my texts to sue them for copyright infringement, but I will reserve my copyright for instances when mega-corporations, in particular mainstream media, come after me in attempt to silence me and start taking my words out of context while making money off of the controversy they generated. As I said elsewhere, I've thought this through.
Always make a good-faith effort to contact the copyright holder and ask them if it's OK to use this and that part of their content. If the copyright holder asks for payment, that's fair too, because then you can shell out money and keep using their content knowing you won't be liable for damages. Make copyright holders your friends and you'll do just fine.
Tech giants have made such automated content aggregation systems that hoover in all the creativity we have and show ads next to our content, making money 24/7. This website and this copyright notice have a singular purpose of putting an end to that heinous practice and showing to you that there is an alternative, one where you're in charge of your content and can make money off of your creativity.
Become a content creator yourself and you'll enjoy all the protections enjoyed by copyright holders. I actually think the best way to bring down entrenched companies is for small creators to make such a wealth of content that they can't avoid mentioning us or using our content, in which case we can and should sue them for damages. If you want to feel raw power, start creating content right now and fervently enforce your copyright according to your beliefs on what the world should look like.