Cybaris® Volume 9 | Issue 1 Article 3 2018 Set Your Settings on Private? Copyright in Era of Social Media Usage Maddie Wagner Follow this and additional works at: https://open.mitchellhamline.edu/cybaris Part of the Intellectual Property Law Commons Recommended Citation Wagner, Maddie (2018) "Set Your Settings on Private? Copyright in Era of Social Media Usage," Cybaris®: Vol. 9 : Iss. 1 , Article 3. Available at: https://open.mitchellhamline.edu/cybaris/vol9/iss1/3 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Law Reviews and Journals at Mitchell Hamline Open Access. It has been accepted for inclusion in Cybaris® by an authorized administrator of Mitchell Hamline Open Access. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. © Mitchell Hamline School of Law 57 CYBARIS®, AN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW REVIEW SET YOUR SETTINGS ON PRIVATE? COPYRIGHT IN ERA OF SOCIAL MEDIA USAGE BY MADDIE WAGNER TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………..58 I. WHAT IS COPYRIGHT?....................................................................59 A. Defining Copyright Law………………………………...59 B. Examples of Copyright Law…………………………….59 1. Social Media Platforms as Service Providers…...60 2. Safe Harbors Under the DMCA…………….…...61 II. THE BASICS OF SOCIAL MEDIA & COPYRIGHT…………………...62 A. Copyright Under YouTube……………………………....63 B. Copyright Under Facebook………………………...…...64 C. Copyright Under Twitter………………………………..65 D. Photos & Copyright – Instagram and Pinterest…………65 E. Copyright Policies on Social Media Platforms………….66 III. COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT AND SOCIAL MEDIA………………..68 A. Copyright Infringement on YouTube……………………68 B. Copyright Infringement on Facebook…………………...71 C. Copyright Infringement on Twitter……………………...72 D. Copyright Infringement on Instagram…………..............73 E. Copyright Infringement on Pinterest…………………….75 F.