The Internet and Social Media

Sharon Givoni Consulting Copyright

We live in an age where most of us spend a significant portion of our everyday lives connected to the internet. Unfortunately, many people seem to treat online content as ‘public domain’, unaffected by the tenets of copyright law. Not so, as potentially serious consequences exist when it comes to using and appropriating content found online without permission. Here we look at the rules that apply the use of content that is freely available on the Internet? Is this content in the public domain? Is it free for you to use? Here we explore these questions.