CNN V OCTAVIA NASR. Whitmar Publications v Gamage and ors. Journal. LinkedIn: whose contacts are they anyway? Injunction granted to restrain ex-employees from using LinkedIn. States Seek A Way To Pass On Digital Accounts After You Die. Ruling highlights need for clear policy on social media account. Who owns the content produced by a Social Media account used for Business Marketing and Branding? By Pedram Tabibi Social media continues to be a steady and increasing part of everyday life and now business as well.
As social media use grows, the content generated by social media is reaching enormous amounts. An astounding amount of information and content is generated every 60 seconds on the Internet; including over 1,500 blog posts, 695,000 Facebook status updates, and over 98,000 Tweets. Imagine for a moment, however, that the content you create and the friends and connections you make on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn are not yours, but the property of your employer. Sound far-fetched? The recent social media lawsuits involve facts not unlike those we encounter in everyday business. Take a step back for a moment and contemplate the above scenario. The burning question, then, is how to avoid these scenarios from arising in the first place.
This is not to say that social media is a bad thing. Twitter to hand over tweets OWS. Who Owns Your Tweets? Experts: Twitter account case may blaze new trails in social media law. PhoneDog, ex-employee argue about ownership of Twitter account he usedCompany says Noah Kravitz was "given use of" account; he says he set it up himselfDamages of $340,000 based on $2.50 monthly value of each follower, lawsuit claimsLegal experts: Case could set precedents in social media account ownership (CNN) -- Who, exactly, owns your Twitter account?
It's a potentially complicated question when an account is used both professionally and personally. Now a case regarding whether a Twitter account belongs to a company or its former employee has raised questions about the use of the social media phenomenon. PhoneDog, a website devoted to all things mobile products and services, sued former employee Noah Kravitz for $340,000, according to the complaint filed in US District Court in the Northern District of California. Kravitz was a product reviewer and video blogger for PhoneDog for about four years, during which time he used the Twitter account @PhoneDog_Noah.
Lawsuit May Determine Who Owns a Twitter Account.
Twitter privacy. Twitter liability. Are Pictures on Twitter Public Domain? Twitter copyright. Who-owns-a-twitter-account-employer-or-employee.shtml from techdirt.com. The “Other” Social Media Policy – the One in the Personnel Manual. Much has been written by social media and marketing experts (this blogger included) advising companies to “look before they leap,” or in other words, “create a social media plan before jumping into social media.”
While some companies follow this recommendation, some do not. The results for not following this recommendation can be dismal: few followers on Twitter, few fans on Facebook, few subscribers on YouTube, and few followers on LinkedIn. However, when a company’s marketing team or senior management team write a detailed social media plan and adapt it to its customers and prospects, the results can be impressive: increasing number of followers and fans on all social media sites and excellent conversations with customers and prospects - all leading to increased sales. However, there is another social media policy that doesn’t get as much attention. Et le premier à se prendre un courrier d’Hadopi est un lecteur de Korben.info ! Ah bah bravo ! Et le premier à se prendre un courrier d’Hadopi est un lecteur de Korben.info !
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CNN's Social Media Pioneer Gets Fired: What Happens to Rick Sanchez on Twitter? CNN host Rick Sanchez has more than 140,000 followers on Twitter but is now out of a job.
The controversial but creative TV personality interacted live on the air with Twitter and Facebook users, but it was good old fashioned radio where he made statements about Jewish control over the media that lost him his job today. Sanchez's popular Twitter account handle is named @RickSanchezCNN, but he'll be able to change that without losing his thousands of followers. He hasn't changed it yet, nor made any kind of statement over that public channel, but this unique intersection of traditional media and new media at a time of professional upheaval presents some interesting questions.