Screenshots of comments from a Social Media site like Facebook
At times I have considered including in a post on my site a screenshot of a FB post (hiding identifying names etc) because it ties in with my website.
I have been concerned that this may be regarded as infringing copyright or similar.
an example: my site is about camping and accessories use when camping and I have seen comments in FB relevant to my post.
Would be good to include it as there is a real world evidence of the point I am making.
By the way, I have plenty of other evidence so I don't really need it, but including the screenshot could be the proverbial "icing on the cake" in some cases.
Any thoughts.
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Good question Steve,
I'm sure if the original poster of the comment have their profile/posts set to public, there shouldn't be an issue in that respect.
But as ToLiNoLi has said, it would be a good idea to contact FB.
Watching with interest :-)
Tim
Fair use is the key, as long you are not making money with that it should be fine. However to be sure, why do you not contact Facebook about it, if they write yes, you are a go and no fears of copyright violations. Please let us know here, as this will help many others too. Thanks.
That's a good idea, about contacting FB. Will keep everyone posted.
It has really only become an issue for me in the last week or so, because of a need which I did not realise was there.
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I Have spent the last 2 hours or so trying to find out to contact Facebook to ask such a question, this is a typical answer I get from many queries, some in Google, other questions to friends and colleagues elsewhere give me the same response (or they don't have a clue).
I believe the answer to be that FB do not allow us to contact them by email, text, phone, etc etc
I am not going to waste any more time on this. I will just do what I said and post screenshots to my site and wait for a response from FB or whoever. Then delete if I have to.
I have however, left a query in wikihow.com with my email address in the vain hope of a response.
Also received an email from FB in response to an authentication request a while ago (which is closed now) to see if that would draw a response - not holding my breath.
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