Embedding Social Media Videos on Your Website? – Court Case Says Get Permission from Copyright Owner First

By |2021-08-11T11:09:24-05:00August 11th, 2021|Legal News|

We’ve written before over the controversy as to whether embedding pictures or video served by a social media site on your website negates the need to get explicit permission from the copyright owner for that use.  For years, many had relied on old court decisions that employed a “server test” – a site was only... Continue Reading…

Court Decision Dismissing Photographer’s Lawsuit Shows Breadth of Rights Granted to Social Media and Denies Infringement Claim for Instagram Embedded Photo

By |2020-04-15T22:42:44-05:00April 15th, 2020|Legal News|

In an interesting Court decision from the Southern District of New York, a judge dismissed a lawsuit brought by a photographer for the use of her photo without permission by the website Mashable.  Mashable defended against the claim by arguing that it did not need a license directly from the photographer as it had not... Continue Reading…

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