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Social Media Copyright and Fair Use Rules to Know

Ignite Social Media

As you use social media platforms to build your brand, you shouldn’t overlook the legal consequences that might arise. Fair Use in the Social Media Age. It’s a no-brainer that you shouldn’t use other people’s intellectual work without a fair use exemption or the owners’ permission.

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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. The DMCA places limitations on Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and creates certain responsibilities with regard to digital media and information. The key goal for businesses is making sure their users feel secure about the information or content they share.

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What you need to know about social media copyright

Sprout Social

Keep reading for more tips from Kelley Gordon, an expert in copyright and intellectual property law, and examples that will help you create a proactive social media policy. Please note: The information provided in this article does not, and is not intended to, constitute formal legal advice.

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Live Tweeting Requires Ethical and Legal Considerations

Socialized

On the other hand, the art of critical commentary goes back to at least Shakespeare’s time, so it’s definitely established both in common practice and in the law that reproducing information, even copyrighted information, is acceptable under certain circumstances. In other words, fair use is in the eyes of the beholder.

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IBM Social Computing Guidelines

Buzz Marketing for Technology

If you publish content to any website outside of IBM and it has something to do with work you do or subjects associated with IBM, use a disclaimer such as this: "The postings on this site are my own and dont necessarily represent IBMs positions, strategies or opinions.". Respect copyright, fair use and financial disclosure laws.

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The Why, How and When of Using Quotations on Your Blog

ProBlogger

By using quotations, you can either bolster your own arguments (“Professor Jones agrees, writing…”) or you can stand against a statement that you strongly disagree with (“I see this very different from Joe Blogger, who says…”). #2: Many countries have a “ fair usepolicy covering these.

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Writtent Blog

The court of appeals held that the parody did not constitute fair use under copyright law, primarily due to its commercial character. The Supreme Court disagreed, holding that the commercial character of the song did not create a presumption that the parody violated fair use.