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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. Unfortunately, the photo has been dramatically and digitally altered, distributed, and now widely available on the public domain. In my opinion, this is what makes social media so beautiful.

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Social Media Quotes, Music and Photo Copyrights

Ignite Social Media

If you are not the original author of a quote, one of two things must be true to use it freely on social media. The quote is no longer owned and considered public domain. If the quote isn’t being used to sell a product and simply being posted on social media, it could be argued that use is allowed.

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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. Photo by Giammarco on Unsplash. TikTok even encourages it.

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Cooks Source: How to Avoid an Unnecessary Crisis

Dave Fleet

But honestly Monica, the web is considered “public domain&# and you should be happy we just didn’t “lift&# your whole article and put someone else’s name on it! Develop a moderation policy for your social media properties, so you have something to point to if you are faced with offensive comments.

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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. Especially if an image is used for social media marketing. Bonus: Get the always-up-to-date social media image size cheat sheet.

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Stock Photo Sites To Fuel Your Social Media Content

Jason Yormark

Finding reliable stock photo sites with great images for all of your social media and content marketing needs can sometimes be quite the pain. Regardless, it goes without saying that every post you make on social media should not be without a visual to go along with it. Not convinced? Facebook posts with images see 2.3X

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Where to Get Awesome Free Images for Your Social Media (Without Stealing Them)

agora pulse

You need visual content for blog posts, social media posts, thumbnails for videos, slideshows, ads … and so on. So, where can you source free images for your social media? Public Domain. Some sites have CC0 or public domain licenses for all their images; others have a mixture. .