Ah the irony. Remember when Fox News sued Al Frankin over his book L*ies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right, *claiming that they owned the copyright on their "fair and balanced" ( they eventually withdrew it).
However this case does raise a number of issues that are not so simple. There is a somewhat similar case that does not bode well for them. The fact that something is on social media does not necessarily deprive it of copyright and "fair use' by major corporations even those involved in news is in the eye of the jury/judge http://www.ibtimes .com/re-tweet-offenders-lawsuit-over-twitter-photos-underscores-broken-system-breaking-news-1025090 On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 5:00 AM, Deg Farrelly <[email protected]> wrote: > This has been floating around for a while, but trial this week should > prove interesting. > > Copyright, Fair Use, and Social Media > > > http://www.diyphotography.net/fox-news-headed-to-trial-over-use-of-sharing-of-911-images-on-facebook/ > > deg farrelly > Arizona State University Libraries > > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of > issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic > control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in > libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as > an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of > communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video > producers and distributors. > >
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