This paper aims at understanding the intellectual property laws with the emergence of social media. To what extent social media is powerful and does it hampering the creativity or is it rewarding the creativity. Social media have gone above and beyond and we are all the way surrounded by it remarks the seismic shift in day to day functions of life. This brings the question that whether the content shared on social media is protected under IP laws. It explains the evolution of intellectual property after the introduction of social media. To determine that whether social media is helpful for intellectual property or not? This paper talks about social media and the content shared on social media with reference to intellectual property laws.

Keywords: Intellectual Property, Social Media, Creativity

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