Thanks for posting the Fair Use policy and quote procedure in the header of this site

[Mikey Radio]

One of my previous posts on this site was heavily edited some time ago by the moderator(s) and another one was yanked completely. Now that the policy has been posted and better explained, I now understand why and can act accordingly moving forward. Much appreciated, @frankberry

 

[frankberry]

Thanks for understanding. It's a legal issue.

 

[davideduardo]

Thanks for understanding. It's a legal issue.

The Copyright Alliance has a brief, easy read about basic "fair use" of copyright materials:

What Is Fair Use?

Fair use is an affirmative defense that can be raised in response to claims by a copyright owner that a person is infringing a copyright. Fair use permits a party to use a copyrighted work

copyrightalliance.org

 

[davideduardo]

Interestingly, Radio Discussions is not the only site focusing on Fair Use and copyright material today.

Well known communications attorney David Oxenford has very interesting insight about posting videos and pictures that are not owned by a particular site:

Embedding Social Media Videos on Your Website? – Court Case Says Get Permission from Copyright Owner First

We've written before over the controversy as to whether embedding pictures or video served by a social media site on your website negates the need to get

www.broadcastlawblog.com