[LINK] Fwd:FaceBook alert

[Jan Whitaker]

 From one of my writing groups:

>  Facebook changed its TOS on Feb 4th on the sly and it now
>attempts to claim right not only to all your content but also to the 
>ability to resell it.  Now there's some question about whether
>your privacy settings reduce the impact, but anyone with a Facebook 
>account should review the TOS.
>
>Here's a blog by Colleen Lindsay (an agent) about it: 
>http://theswivet.blogspot.com/2009/02/new-facebook-terms-of-service-grant.html

How they can claim any right to someone's content is beyond me, 
especially after the fact. I wonder how they in any way align that 
position with copyright law?

The reason the FB assertion of ownership is so onerous to writers and 
photographers is that the creator is no longer able to claim their 
own rights to sell or license their own work to someone else.

Stil, time for an article that has wide distribution, me thinks. ZD 
and Crikey seem like likely wider audiences.

Jan



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