Legal Question in Intellectual Property in New York

Facebook photos

If someone posts a link to their Flickr/Picasa accounts in their Facebook profile, does Facebook have the same right to use the content (photos) of the link as it has with photos directly posted in its own photo application? In other words, does the user grant some rights of his/her photos to Facebook by posting a link to them?


Asked on 4/21/08, 2:21 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Nancy Delain Delain Law Office, PLLC

Re: Facebook photos

That's an interesting question, and its answer depends on the contract that Facebook has the users sign. I haven't read that contract carefully, so I don't know the answer.

THE INFORMATION PRESENTED HERE IS GENERAL IN NATURE AND IS NOT INTENDED, NOR SHOULD IT BE CONSTRUED, AS LEGAL ADVICE. THIS POSTING DOES NOT CREATE ANY ATTORNEY-CLIENT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN US. FOR SPECIFIC ADVICE ABOUT YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION, CONSULT YOUR ATTORNEY.

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Answered on 4/22/08, 10:27 am


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