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Social Media Copyright and Fair Use Rules to Know

Ignite Social Media

It’s so easy to grab music, sounds or images on social media and reuse them. 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. Fair Use in the Social Media Age.

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

Hootsuite

Can I Use This Photo on Social Media? It’s well known that images click on social media. But sourcing images for social media isn’t always straightforward. From Attribution Noncommercial-No Derivative Works licenses to “fair use,” there’s a lot to unpack. What is fair use?

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What you need to know about social media copyright

Sprout Social

Navigating social media copyright can be like sailing in uncharted waters. With every new wave of social trends come unanticipated legal consequences. In this guide, we outline the specific practices your company should follow when posting to help avoid social media copyright infringement and protect your brand.

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The Ugly Side of Social Media Sharing

Waxing UnLyrical

I am a social media advocate. But I hate the ugly side of social media sharing; especially when kids are involved. ” 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. Guest post by Jenelle Conner.

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Live Tweeting Requires Ethical and Legal Considerations

Socialized

The best guidance for whether live blogging and live tweeting is acceptable comes from the Fair Use provision of U.S. Factors that affect whether reproduction of a copyrighted work is fair use are: “The purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes.

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IBM Social Computing Guidelines

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Blogs, wikis, social networks, virtual worlds and social media. In the spring of 2005, IBMers used a wiki to create a set of guidelines for all IBMers who wanted to blog. Since then, many new forms of social media have emerged. Respect copyright, fair use and financial disclosure laws.

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Paywall for News.com and Online Community Social Media

Laurel Papworth

No journalists, except a journalists that now work in social media and a few bloggers now paid to bring their audiences and expert knowledge to journalism (blogournalists?) NB I’ll be on Radio National Monday night talking about OccupyWallstreet and social media). Why invite Bloggers to a News.com Press briefing?