Comments on: Who Owns Your Social Media Content?

By: Hey… I Own That! – Ownership of Social Media Content | Social Media at UNT

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 11:08:07 +0000

[...] Facebook doesn’t own your content according to our reading by Kerry Gorgone, or any social media site for that matter, but they can use it in any way they [...]

By: Tweeting for the brand | socialmediamasters.ca

Tweeting for the brand | socialmediamasters.ca — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 13:35:53 +0000

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Thu, 06 Dec 2012 11:18:00 +0000

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By: Social Marketing Buzz 11-23-2012 | feed140.com

Social Marketing Buzz 11-23-2012 | feed140.com — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 10:39:27 +0000

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By: Who Owns Your Social Media Content? | Internet Lawyer - Internet Attorney - Internet Law Firm Texas

Tue, 20 Nov 2012 06:33:58 +0000

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By: professional copywriting

professional copywriting — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 04:52:00 +0000

Copyright
has become a contentious issue all across the web at the moment. Since Google’s
Penguin algorithm update has made links schemes and keyword stuffing obsolete
black hat SEO methods there has been a rise in content scraping. Even though
you do own the copyright to anything that you produce, stopping others from
plagiarizing it can be difficult if not impossible. The lesson is to make sure
that the stuff that you post is something that you want people to cut and paste
into their own status updates- because they probably will.

By: Kerry Gorgone

Kerry Gorgone — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 16:54:00 +0000

Hi Tony,
Thanks for your reply! The answer is “it depends,” as is so often the case. You could protect a short phrase as a trademark, but only in your particular industry, and only if you’re using the mark “in commerce.” You could protect the mark as shown with certain artwork, as well, but either way, it would be industry specific and you’d have to be using it (or about to use it) in commerce.

Best wishes,Kerry

By: The Friday Five: Understanding Like-gate | Blog @ Percolate

The Friday Five: Understanding Like-gate | Blog @ Percolate — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 12:00:46 +0000

[...] Who owns your social media content? A handy breakdown of how the terms of service for the major social platform might affect your ownership of the content you post to them. [...]

By: Lee Swales

Lee Swales — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 07:28:00 +0000

Nice article. I took a slightly different angle on this, particularly insofar as “ownership” of Twitter followers, or LinkedIn “connections” are concerned. These two issues are currently in court and will set important precedent going forward. My take here: http://regulatorylawsa.blogspot.com/2012/11/who-owns-your-twitter-followers.html.

By: M Scott Schaffernoth

M Scott Schaffernoth — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 18:43:00 +0000

So really the “nut” of the matter is: There is the LEGAL and there is the PRACTICAL.

When you choose to share content on a social media site, as Kerry has so eloquently pointed out, you do not lose ownership.

However, being that in real world terms you not longer have control (at least not without a great deal of effort and likely expense), your ownership is, in a practical sense, reduced to ZERO value as you cannot reasonably wield.

My thought – it is best to act as if you do understand that you are ceding ownership of anything you post.

By: Tony Bennett

Tony Bennett — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 21:30:00 +0000

Hmm, this is making me think a bit here, Kerry. I really appreciate the different examples you provided about what is, and isn’t protected.

Now here’s a twist for you – what about content in conjunction w/ a short phrase? Would the short phrase be protected as part of the content(logo, picture etc) or just the picture by itself.

Thanks for the briefing, I had been wondering about this a few months back!