> Not sure "isn't LinkedIn property" is accurate here.
It is very accurate. Users retain the copyright on their works in so far as their works are able to be copyrighted. Anything that is a "mere fact", and can't be copyrighted, is also not LinkedIn's property.
From LinkedIn's terms of service[1]:
> you are only granting LinkedIn and our affiliates the following non-exclusive license:
> A worldwide, transferable and sublicensable right to use, copy, modify, distribute, publish, and process, information and content that you provide through our Services and the services of others, without any further consent, notice and/or compensation to you or others.
It is very accurate. Users retain the copyright on their works in so far as their works are able to be copyrighted. Anything that is a "mere fact", and can't be copyrighted, is also not LinkedIn's property.
From LinkedIn's terms of service[1]:
> you are only granting LinkedIn and our affiliates the following non-exclusive license:
> A worldwide, transferable and sublicensable right to use, copy, modify, distribute, publish, and process, information and content that you provide through our Services and the services of others, without any further consent, notice and/or compensation to you or others.
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1. https://www.linkedin.com/legal/user-agreement#rights