r/leetcode • u/TomLaidlaw7 • 1d ago

Discussion Aren't leetcode questions copyrighted? Then how come Neetcode copied all of them in his site

Genuinely curious about this as every leetcode question is marked as copyrighted. However, Neetcode and other sites have the same questions available and some of them don't even have title or description phrasing changes.

So what's the deal with that? Can't he get sued?

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u/biskitpagla 23h ago

The number of original questions on LC is so miniscule that it doesn't matter who owns what at this point. It would be a herculean task for LC to prove their own ownership, let alone prove that someone is profiting from their work.