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Fair Use in the Digital Millennium Copyright Era

The Realtime Report

Fair Use in the Digital Millennium Copyright Era By Jenny Q. Ta is the founder and CEO of Sqeeqee, an all-in-one social networthing site launched in 2014, and the author of Wall Street Cinderella. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) was passed to move copyright law into the new internet age.

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Can I Use This Photo on Social Media? Understanding Image Copyright

Hootsuite

From Attribution Noncommercial-No Derivative Works licenses to “fair use,” there’s a lot to unpack. Remember the star-studded selfie snapped on Ellen DeGeneres’ phone during the 2014 Academy Awards? Even though he used Degeneres’ phone, he took the photo. What is fair use? There’s a lot at stake, too.

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The Ugly Side of Social Media Sharing

Waxing UnLyrical

” After she saw the meme, Susan started reporting the image and private messaging pages on Facebook with a request that they take down the image and/or meme. She explained that the kids were minors and the photo was used without her knowledge. I said nope it’s to nice outside get back out there and enjoy it.

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$100,000 in One Week, a Viral Nova Follow-Up

Viper Chill

The Business Insider Article Was Terrible Reporting. The UK’s most popular newspaper website continued its remarkable climb with monthly users up by 7.57% compared with October, to 84,977,460 – an increase of 65% compared with November last year, according to the Audit Bureau of Circulations report published on Thursday.

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