[SoftwareMaven]

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.

[rymith]

Although a defense, Fair Use would certainly allow news organizations to publish those images without concern.

[tomjen3]

Maybe, but he could dmca them. There is basically no penalty for that, even if they win.

[rymith]

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