[LINK] Fwd:FaceBook alert

[Adrian Chadd]

Read: noone has yet taken them to court over it.



adrian

On Tue, Feb 17, 2009, Kim Holburn wrote:
> How can they change the terms?  Isn't it a contract?  I would have  
> presumed that once you sign on and agree to the terms then your  
> "account" is under those terms.  IANAL of course.  Also I don't  
> understand which jurisdiction this would be under if it came to a  
> court case anyway?  Yours or theirs?
> 
> What if you put an explicit copyright on each thing you write in  
> facebook?
> 
> Which of course brings up the obvious question: how can they  
> effectively copy anything you write and show it to other facebook  
> users if they don't have permission to copy what you write in your  
> account?
> 
> I did read their terms and conditions one day recently and found them  
> pretty contradictory.
> 
> On 2009/Feb/17, at 12:02 AM, Jan Whitaker wrote:
> 
> > 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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