answer:Fluther would not be able to stop this from happenning. Whilst it is a breach of copyright law to copy something you see on the internet and post it elsewhere, claiming it’s your own, a simple question or sentence wouldn’t be sufficient to claim that it’s exclusively your own original work. The only person who can stop it from happenning is the author of the original work. For instance if you post a lengthy and original answer to a question on Fluther, and someone else copies it, pastes it into Facebook and claims it’s their own work, then you will have to issue a “DMCA Notice” (Digital Millenium Copyright Act). This is a legal affidavit in which you assert the writing to be your own work. You must submit that to the legal department of the website in question, in this example it would be Facebook. Facebook should then request the other writer to take down the post or submit a counter-claim to show that it’s not originally yours. Fluther or its staff would not be involved in any stage of the proceedings.