For blog owners who incorporate Facebook’s share button into their contributions is extremely cautious: According to a verdict of the Frankfurt Landgericht of July 17, 2017, users have the right to follow the invitation of a website and posts on their Facebook Pin wall. If these external images and texts, for which the blogger does not have any rights, may be subject to a warning for copyright infringement, which may result in substantial fines.
Bloggers attract the shorter, users benefit
What are the implications of the judgment? According to the Cologne attorney Christian Solmecke, the decision of the Frankfurt Regional Court is primarily beneficial to users, as the law offers some loophole in the event of the case. For bloggers, however, the situation is different: because although it has been "gratifyingly quiet" around the topic since 2013, the problem has still not been solved by law.
Facebook users: Always use the ShareButton!
If you use the share button in your blogs, you should be careful about the use of third-party content: "In doubt, the blog operators give all Facebook users a license to spread pictures or text snippets over Facebook Had not the right to do so because he used stock photography pictures that would not allow them to be used on social networks, "Solmecke continued.
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If you want to share content on the wall, avoiding the consequences of a possible copyright infringement, you should always use the Facebook Share button: "Even if they should be warned, because, for example, They can reconsider the original blog operator with the argument that he has given a license exactly for this share function. "
Although it may take a little longer to find the content you want on a web page with the Facebook Share button, you are on the safe side. In case of doubt, it is always advisable to invest a little more time in the calculation, rather than to share a legally risky terrain by sharing any link.
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