Social networks are a real living organism that actively functions on the Internet. With their help, people exchange pictures, video files, talk, etc. And these pictures or videos are far from always made on their own, the music selected in the playlists was bought in special stores. Therefore, the question of whether copyright is valid in social networks is more relevant than ever.
Social media copyright is of course valid. After all, it makes no difference where exactly photos, excerpts from books, music and much more are used. It's just more difficult with social networks - it's quite problematic to track all possible violations.
The users of social networks themselves believe that their actions do not violate any copyright. After all, everything that they use is freely available, which means that it does not fall under protection.
How copyright works on social media
The way copyright works on social media is no different from usual. Also, you cannot take music from torrents and trackers, use photos, especially protected by copyright, and reprint stories written by certain authors.
The reprint of other people's works with the appropriation of their own authorship is also prohibited. This may be followed by a ban and a fine.
If a video, photo or text was posted on the social network, the author of which is against borrowing, the content is withdrawn at the request of the copyright holder. To do this, he simply applies to the site administration, proves that he is the owner of the rights to this content and asks to remove it from the network. Often, especially now in the wake of the active fight against piracy, you can find a black and white screen instead of a video with the inscription that the recording was deleted at the request of the owner of the rights.
A precedent has already been created for information to be removed from the network. The popular VKontakte network at one time actively began to clean up music from playlists compiled by users in their personal account. Then a lot of noise arose, but the angry subscribers of the network could not achieve the truth. Such a measure, of course, was able to influence the attitude of users to the network in not the best way - many simply unsubscribed from it.
Considerations for Copyright
Selecting someone else's content for your social network page, you can take advantage of some loopholes that will allow you not to violate copyright when posting the information you need. For example, copyright has a so-called shelf life - about 90 years, i.e. everything that was released before 1924 can be used free of charge.
You can also safely use the information released by the government. Despite the fact that quite a lot of money is spent on the creation of state content, it is most often distributed for free.
You can use copyright work for free and everywhere, even if the author has waived his right. You can also legally use fragments of any works without asking permission from the author.
