As a user of social media--Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, and others--you have rights and responsibilities you may not know about. You may also be losing some of your rights. There are 2 imporant querstions to ask yourself:
Who owns the right to use my content on social media?
Whose content am I using on social medai, and am I using it legally?
Copyright and licensing are key players invovled in answering these questions. In this post, we'll address the first question
When you create a written work, musical piece, drawing, or any original creative work, generally speaking, and with some exceptions, you have the right to say if, how, how much, and how often someone uses part or all of if.
But that's not necessarily the case with social media. Social media platforms are out there ultimately not to connect people socially but to make a profit. Therefore, as lawyer and msucian Adam Weissman puts it, they're "not always taking your best interests into account." Do you remember agreeing to those Terms of Use in the social media platforms? These Terms of Use typically include accepting a license agreement that grants the platform the license, or right, to use your created content.
And check back here for another post on copyright in the media that will address the second question: Whose content are you using, and are you using it legally?
As a user of social media--Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, and others--you have rights and responsibilities you may not know about. You may also be losing some of your rights. There are 2 imporant querstions to ask yourself:
Copyright and licensing are key players invovled in answering these questions. In this post, we'll address the first question
When you create a written work, musical piece, drawing, or any original creative work, generally speaking, and with some exceptions, you have the right to say if, how, how much, and how often someone uses part or all of if.
But that's not necessarily the case with social media. Social media platforms are out there ultimately not to connect people socially but to make a profit. Therefore, as lawyer and msucian Adam Weissman puts it, they're "not always taking your best interests into account." Do you remember agreeing to those Terms of Use in the social media platforms? These Terms of Use typically include accepting a license agreement that grants the platform the license, or right, to use your created content.
You can read more about this and some copyright tips for posting on social media in Weisman's article, Who Owns Your Social Media Content?
And check back here for another post on copyright in the media that will address the second question: Whose content are you using, and are you using it legally?