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“Sharing” Copyrights: The Copyright Implications Of User Content In Social Media, Jessica Gutierrez Alm
“Sharing” Copyrights: The Copyright Implications Of User Content In Social Media, Jessica Gutierrez Alm
Journal of Public Law and Policy
Copyright law in America, in its current stage of development, does not sit well with common social media practices. This article explores the copyright implications of user content on social media platforms, such as Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest. It first examines the copyrightability of "user-generated" content, and the broad licenses that users grant by agreeing to the vague Terms of Use that social media sites set forth. The article then looks to "user-found" content and activities such as "sharing" or "pinning" the creative works of others. Through these practices and conflicting Terms of Use, social media websites both encourage and …