As emerging technologies continue to develop, gray areas in the legalities of use are bound to follow. How do copyright laws work when using Facebook? Does putting something on a social media network make it public property? Who owns a post? Here, The Technology Therapist® answers a question from Ed Shems of Ed Fred Ned Designs. Ed is an illustrator and is concerned that as he is trying to market himself with his designs through sites such as Facebook, his works will not be protected when he shares them on the social sphere. As stated in Facebook’s terms of use, when you upload photos to Facebook, “You grant Facebook a non-exclusive, transferable, sublicensable, royalty-free, worldwide license to use any IP content that you post on or in connection with Facebook.” The Technology Therapist® shares a tip on an application that can be used to show photos on your Facebook page (not profile) while still leaving them on your website and under the protection of copyright laws.
Tags: Copyright Laws, Facebook, intellectual property, New England Business Expo, Social Media
