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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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Fair Use in the Digital Millennium Copyright Era

The Realtime Report

Fair Use in the Digital Millennium Copyright Era By Jenny Q. Social media users, in particular, worry about how their information and content are shared with other users or third parties. Working with both lawyers and engineers to create an anti-piracy policy that works for your business is a great start.

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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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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. The legalese found in image copyright policies can be intimidating. Especially if an image is used for social media marketing.

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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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Social Media Lawsuits Protect Yourself From Them | Guest Posts.

Convince & Convert

She spends her days thinking about social media, public relations and digital strategies for her agency’s consumer focused clients. The Lawyers Are Coming Social networks give people the ability to share incredible volumes of content. The FTC encourages social media policies be in place and reviewed.

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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.