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The Ugly Side of Social Media Sharing

Waxing UnLyrical

Due to the nature of its presentation and direction, fair use for educational purposes also applies. Don’t we as social media professionals, especially a Page like PreventDisease.com with more than 34,000 likes, have an obligation to make sure that we are utilizing images from a reputable source?

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How to Use Quotes in Your Blog Content Legally and Ethically

ProBlogger

However, using other people’s content inappropriately can severely harm or even destroy your reputation as a blogger. This is normally considered ‘ fair use ’, and you don’t have to ask for permission. I’ve seen people’s profiles and credibility ripped to shreds because they haven’t done it right.

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Social Media Lawsuits Protect Yourself From Them | Guest Posts.

Convince & Convert

How to avoid a social-media lawsuit [link] [link] Evans Media Group RT @jaybaer Protecting Yourself From Social Media Lawsuits [link] [link] Dea Surjadi Good points RT @Ad_Chickadee: How to avoid a social-media lawsuit [link] [link] Joseph Manna Not necessarily; fair use still applies. Wikipedia has a good explanation of it ( [link] ).

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Social Media U: Take a Class in Social Media - ReadWriteWeb

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Branding is a result of many things including your blog, your social network profile, your online resume, and how good you are at reputation management, to name a few. You can find numerous examples of this on the net, like the What is Fair Use? If youre googleable, you have a brand, so you should learn to control it.

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Paywall for News.com and Online Community Social Media

Laurel Papworth

Not that I have any say in it – Fair use laws and my Creative Commons licence ensure that my content is free to roam the ‘net as long as it is not sold. Providing a profile and therefore reputation and trust. But I accept at face -value the argument that News.com is being impartial, and aggregating opinions.

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PB173: How to Use Quotes in Your Blog Content Legally and Ethically

ProBlogger

Having said that – using the content with others in inappropriate ways is something I see semi-regularly and it can really hurt (if not destroy) your reputation if you don’t do it right. It can really hurt, if not destroy your reputation as a blogger, if you don’t do it the right way.

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PB173: How to Use Quotes in Your Blog Content Legally and Ethically

ProBlogger

Having said that – using the content with others in inappropriate ways is something I see semi-regularly and it can really hurt (if not destroy) your reputation if you don’t do it right. It can really hurt, if not destroy your reputation as a blogger, if you don’t do it the right way.

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