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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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Live Tweeting Requires Ethical and Legal Considerations

Socialized

But have you ever wondered whether it’s “OK” to copy and publish someone else’s words and ideas? The best guidance for whether live blogging and live tweeting is acceptable comes from the Fair Use provision of U.S. The effect of the use upon the potential market for, or value of, the copyrighted work.

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How to Tackle YouTube Copyright Issues

agora pulse

It’s an inevitable and unavoidable part of YouTube publishing. They can also use YouTube’s native content ownership tools to have videos from other creators taken down if it’s using their intellectual property. Original content that you publish automatically belongs to you. The same is true with YouTube.

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Google Books Poses New Search Opportunity

Small Business Mavericks

Google has just won a landmark legal battle involving its fair use/copyright dispute with The Authors Guild. A judge agreed with their argument that scanning pages of published books constitutes fair use.

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What you need to know about social media copyright

Sprout Social

How copyright works on social media Before we dive into the nitty gritty, here are a few definitions you need to know to make sense of copyright regulations and legal jargon: Commercial intent: When a brand uses products, tools, content or other intellectual property with the intent to make a profit.

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IBM Social Computing Guidelines

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Whether or not an IBMer chooses to create or participate in a blog, wiki, online social network or any other form of online publishing or discussion is his or her own decision. IBMers are personally responsible for the content they publish on blogs, wikis or any other form of user-generated media. Respect your audience.

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Hitler Downfall: Constantine Film vs The World

Laurel Papworth

If you believe your video is fair use, check the box that reads “ This video uses copyrighted material in a manner that does not require approval of the copyright holder.&# If you’re not sure if your video qualifies, you can learn more about fair use here.

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