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Instagram says sites need photographers? permission to embed posts

The Verge

This includes ensuring they have a license to share this content, if a license is required by law.”. A different judge previously determined that Instagram could sublicense photographs to sites that embed its posts, protecting the site Mashable from a lawsuit. It doesn’t necessarily mean sites can’t use Instagram photos.

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Share, Use, Remix: An Overview of Creative Commons

NTEN

Copyright laws can be confusing and so mired in legalese that they're almost incomprehensible. Creative Commons has tried to make copyright law easier to understand and allow content creators to share what they've created, and to allow other people to use the content they've created for their own purposes.

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7 Fantastic Free or Low Cost Sources To Get Images for Your Content Strategy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It is important to respect copyright laws. Some images are in the public domain and some of licensed through creative commons which can be used as long as you give proper attribution. Wylio – This is a searchable archive of public domain or creative commons licensed photos that bloggers can use.

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The Challenges of Protecting Intellectual Property on Social Networks

NTEN

Specifically, the surrendering of licenses to use nonprofits' content as each network sees fit. you grant us a non-exclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, worldwide license to use any IP content that you post on or in connection with Facebook ("IP License").

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The Iron Cage of Copyright

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Interesting article over at the icommons.org site called CC Licensing Practice Reviewed Alek Tarkowski, ccPoland It mentions an experiment in a dutch town where they removed the traffic signs or the rules. It goes to point to some alternative viewpoints on cc licensing: A similar argument is made by Niva Elkin-Koren in ???

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UK music platform for creators Uppbeat raises $6.15 million Series A

TechCrunch

based co-founders of another music-licensing company, Music Vine. First launched in January 2021, Uppbeat helps to eliminate the headaches that come with copyright claims on music used within creator content. Now with over 500,000 users on board, the startup is announcing the close of its £4.6 million GBP ($6.15 Image Credits: Uppbeat.

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How Use Creative Commons Licensing and Flickr To Find Powerful Visuals for Your Presentations

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This screencast focuses on how nonprofits can use flickr and creative commons licensing to search for powerful visuals to use in their presentations without violating copyright laws. Where can you find photos that aren't outrageously expensive or under copyright protection? Creative Commons Licenses. But not all.

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