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

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From Attribution Noncommercial-No Derivative Works licenses to “fair use,” there’s a lot to unpack. What is fair use? Fair use is an exception to the rule when it comes to copyright. It pertains to specific cases when copyright-protected works can be used without permission. public domain licenses.

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How to Tackle YouTube Copyright Issues

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If the person doesn’t respond to a cease and desist, you can request that Google take it down. Google (which owns YouTube) is typically relatively quick. That means that when you publish a blog post, you can legally demand that someone who copied it word for word takes it down. The same is true with YouTube.

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Google Penalizes Copyright Infringers: Are You At Risk?

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Recently Google announced on its official blog that it will start penalizing sites that are accused of copyright infringement. The announcement may reduce the content theft around the web, since now it is clear that if a site continuously violates copyright laws, it will lose search rankings and possibly even be removed from Google’s index.

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The Ugly Side of Social Media Sharing

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Unfortunately, the photo has been dramatically and digitally altered, distributed, and now widely available on the public domain. Due to the nature of its presentation and direction, fair use for educational purposes also applies. Click here to see our 10 minute KimberMedia WarRoom Google+ Hangout discussion.