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Social Media and Copyright Issues
Copyright issues and what you can do to walk inside the line of legality in global venues like social media
If you Tweet a quote from an Associated Press story, are you in copyright violation? If you use press releases to fill a Website with content, are you violating some code of ethics? In this article, Linda offers information about various copyright issues and what you can do to walk inside the line of legality in global venues like social media.
Conclusion
Although this article focuses on you violating other's intellectual property rights, as a designer or programmer you probably are aware of the many violations that can happen to you. I cannot possibly touch on all copyright or intellectual property violations that occur nor how to deal with them. But, I can provide you with a few tips on where to seek help if you've been notified of a lawsuit or if you need to press one and you have no money.
The simplest response to you would be to obtain an IT attorney, and some take cases pro bono (without fees) if the suit seems beneficial to the attorney's firm. For example, the first case I mention in this article involves an international company that is pressing a suit that violates civil rights of a number of American citizens. This case is beneficial for the attorneys to take on. If you think in that light, you can frame your predicament to try to sell it to any IT attorney.
Other resources focus mainly on the U.S.; however, you can find attorneys within most of these sites who have international reach:
Linda Goin
Linda Goin carries an A.A. in graphic design, a B.F.A. in visual communications with a minor in business and marketing and an M.A. in American History with a minor in the Reformation. While the latter degree doesn't seem to fit with the first two educational experiences, Linda used her 25-year design expertise on archaeological digs and in the study of material culture. Now she uses her education and experiences in social media experiments.
Accolades for her work include fifteen first-place Colorado Press Association awards, numerous fine art and graphic design awards, and interviews about content development with The Wall St. Journal, Chicago Tribune, Psychology Today, and L.A. Times.