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by The_Egg_Man 4930 days ago
Does he even own that image? I thought once it was uploaded to Facebook it became property of Facebook.
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SoftwareMaven 4930 days ago
It's not Facebook's property; they just get an unlimited license to reproduce it in order to provide their service. For organizations that are not Facebook, I'm sure the situation is much more murky.
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rymith 4930 days ago
Although a defense, Fair Use would certainly allow news organizations to publish those images without concern.
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tomjen3 4930 days ago
Maybe, but he could dmca them. There is basically no penalty for that, even if they win.
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rymith 4930 days ago
Well, no, it's Fair Use. It's a legal defense, but since a news site would be hosting their own content, and editorializing, they would be be able to claim safe harbor. So a DMCA takedown would be effectively ignores, and followed up in the courts. Regardless, it's text book fair use. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use
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