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Remember too that (under U.S. law) copyright enforcement is
primarily about the commercial value of the work. If the work
has no commercial value then there are no damages to be
recovered in an infringement suit (statutory damages are only
available if you've promptly registered the work on publication).

Shal, you're mixing up enforcement and penalties. Enforcement is about stopping the violation of a copyright. Penalties are typically assessed based on value. But a person with enough money or will to afford a lawyer can make an issue of such use and require removal, even if no monetary damages are assessed. There are many internet forums that are very concerned about such issues. Admitted, the written word is the most difficult to prove originality, but on a group that insists on not removing anything, that might not be so difficult. When one mixes in the possibility of paid premium groups where the content arguably *is* the product, it might get messier. I can see why Mark has continued to let posters retain control of their content, since he has the most to lose.

By the way, registration is no longer required for most copyright issues as long as one can prove they are the original source. Photos are the best example of this; copyright begins at the creation and that image need not be registered nor published. As I noted before, proving originality of the written word is more problematic, but in such a situation, a group's stated rules requiring that users give up control of their content looks bad.

Yes, I tend to take a very conservative viewpoint of copyright law. I have on a couple occasions knowingly violated it myself, although I made every effort to contact the source and credit them even though they never responded.

I still believe the safest way to deal with the situation in question is to quote the original poster in a reply where one is protected by fair use. This might also be a good way to deal with misinformation, since groups.io keeps everything together in threads. I could also see adding a moderator note to suc a post noting it's controversial nature and directing the reader to a rebuttal.

For more information see for a start.

Dano