Jeff Woelker : Chicago SEO, SEM, and Social Media Consultant

Following up on my last post concerning Social Media Emergency Plans, I decided to provide a little more detail into the legal section I outlined. As I said in my last post, I would make sure to contact your legal counsel to ensure you know what to do in scenarios where social media (or any other media) gets out of hand. It’s probably a good idea to do some sort of risk assessment prior to starting any of these campaigns. Part of that process though is to know who to contact once you decide legal action is required. Below is a list of the “who’s who” on the web and each of their copyright and/or DMCA pages.

• Twitter’s Copyright Page
• Youtube’s Copyright Page
• Vimeo’s Copyright Page
• Facebook’s Copyright Page
• Myspace’s Copyright Page
• LinkedIn’s Copyright Page

And in case it gets indexed before you can remove it:

• Google’s Copyright Page
• Yahoo’s Copyright Page
• MSN’s Copyright Page

As I couldn’t find any document to really show how to do a social media risk assessment, part 3 of this series will be an outline for a document on how to do just such an assessment. Let me know if there’s anything specific you’d like to see and I’ll make sure to include it.

And for any law firms or lawyers reading this, here’s a trio of twitter tips for you. Enjoy.