Fair Use of Embedded Content on Social Media

The change in character of social media, from purely social communication to a mixture of the social and commercial, has had knock-on effects for courts applying traditional legal principles, notably, the application of copyright law.

12 minute readFebruary 01, 2023 at 12:35 AM
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Stephen M. Kramarsky
John Millson
Fair Use of Embedded Content on Social Media

The early Internet was created to facilitate the robust sharing of information among the research institutions and military facilities that were its first nodes. As the network grew, it retained

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