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Photo embedding cases depend on social media company decisions

Mark Sableman August 3, 2020
A smart phone taking a picture of food

Copyright claims based on social media content will often depend on the technologies used and the applicable terms of service—both under the control of the social media companies. READ MORE

It’s not infringing if it’s an authorized embedding

Mark Sableman April 17, 2020
Taking a picture of a wedding bouquet with a smartphone

If you have been itching to use someone’s social media content – despite all the warnings you’ve heard from copyright lawyers – there’s finally a way to do it. At least as to Instagram, if you use one of Instagram’s tools to embed a public Instagram post within your own posting, you will not infringe the original user’s copyright. READ MORE