The fallacy of declaring your personal copyright on Facebook

The fallacy of “declaring your personal copyright” on Facebook

Julia Claire Campbell Facebook, Social Media 6 Comments

Have you seen this cut-and-paste status update in your News Feed today? In response to the new Facebook guidelines I hereby declare that my copyright is attached to all of my personal details, illustrations, comics, paintings, professional photos and videos, etc. (as a result of the Berner Convention). For commercial use of the above, my written consent is needed at …