Judge Rules News Agencies Can’t Use Twitter Photos Without Permission In a landmark social media law case, a Federal judge in New York ruled this week that news agencies can’t publish photos found on Twitter without the photographer’s permission. Neither the fact that the photos were certainly newsworthy – they portrayed images of the devastating earthquake in Haiti – nor that Twitter allows anyone to reproduce the photos (via re-Tweeting) were enough to overcome the photographer’s rights under copyright law.
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Instagram’s New Policy
December 18, 2012
Controversy Over Instagram’s New Policy The Internet has gone bonkers in the last few days over Instagram‘s new Terms of Service. The popular photo-sharing site – and Facebook’s billion dollar baby – has been met with a flood of criticism. Instagram Tweeted in response: We’ve heard you that the updates to our Privacy Policy & Terms of Service are raising a lot of questions. We’ll have more to share very soon In the meantime, let’s look at what the changes are and what this all means for Instagram’s users.
NLRB Ruling on Facebook Firing
November 8, 2012
NLRB Ruling on Facebook Firing When can an employee be terminated for inappropriate Facebook posts? A recent case involving a wrecked Land Rover and some cheap snacks at a neighboring BMW dealership sheds a bit of light on this issue.
NLRB Invalidates Costco’s Social Media Policy
October 24, 2012
NLRB Invalidates Costco’s Social Media Policy A recent decision by the National Labor Relations Board may pose significant challenges to Costco and other employers, large and small, who want to manage their employees’ social media communications.
