Comments on: Facebook Owns You(r Original Content Produced On or Shared Through Their Tubes)

By: How to Hack Facebook

How to Hack Facebook — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 20:34:41 +0000

Haha I laughed so hard at the ‘Facebook owns your stuff’ image. It’s so true though, and so many people don’t know it despite the hugh traffic that site has.

By: Renee

Renee — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 07:41:52 +0000

This is pissing me off. Where are the 2010 guidelines; I can’t find them anywhere on the web. Who owns what these beautiful artists share? Please tell me!!

By: Luke

Luke — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:55:11 +0000

Update: in response to the complaints, Facebook has reverted to its old ToS as it tries to figure out how to move forward.

Click to see Zuckerberg’s post.

By: Yukiko

Yukiko — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 05:38:36 +0000

This was a very informative post.
I was somewhat amused to learn about this because what is going on is awfully familiar with what happened about a year ago in the social networking site in Japan that I am a long-time member of (called mixi). They modified their ToS to make it sound like they claim ownership of everything we post and write in the site, people noticed and made a fuss, they promptly published a release to ‘clarify’ (‘No, we do not claim ownership of written materials and images you upload!’) but the sense of distrust towards them is still with us somewhat.

I have enjoyed many benefits of being part of such SNS (it help me reconnect with old friends and also meet with new great ones) and I think Facebook still continues to be a convenient for me to stay in touch with friends all over the world, but a situation like this is a good reminder for me that no matter what your ‘privacy settings’ are, we want to watch out for yourself in our online activities.

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By: Teleogistic / What the Facebook debacle says about sharing

Teleogistic / What the Facebook debacle says about sharing — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:55:49 +0000

[...] old Terms of Service with the new. Luke over at Cac.ophony calls Zuckerberg’s response “totally inadequate”. I think I agree, but I want to take a closer look at the argument that Zuckerberg provides for the [...]

By: Luke

Luke — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:09:58 +0000

@Wendy: good catch, and thanks for the clarification. FB’s privacy settings are a bit difficult to use and manage, but that does seem to grant you a certain level of protection. So maybe my comment about kids photos was a little extreme (I only share images of my kid with friends). I think the overarching objection still stands– my image, my personal information, and, they assert, anything that was streamed through Facebook would be theirs to use for commercial purposes just by virute of my having an account. Uncool.

By: Luke

Luke — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:00:33 +0000

Thanks, Jim. See, I'm not sure I have a problem with FB using content it gathers about me through my use to tailor advertising (as was reported here) that appears in my sidebar. I mean, it's creepy in the way that Google Ads are creepy. But as long as I can rationalize some semblance of privacy, and as long as the ads aren't too intrusive, I can deal with it as the cost of using the service (is Twitter taking baby steps towards exploring something similar?).

But, the new ToS is an entirely different question altogether.

I know your point about users who "don't understand the Internet" is tongue in cheek; but FB is valuable to me precisely because it allows me to talk with people who aren't in fields or professions or lives that lead them to the cutting edge of communicative technology, or who have no desire or time to maintain multiple accounts across the webs.

And also, you know, to play Scrabble.

By: Wendy

Wendy — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:56:53 +0000

Luke, what about this phrase: “(i) Post on or in connection with the Facebook Service or the promotion thereof subject only to your privacy settings“? If I have my Facebook settings set to only share stuff with my Friends, doesn’t that override Facebook’s right to use my material any old way they choose? If not, can you explain why not?

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:48:41 +0000

I saw this and was immediately thinking, hey wait, I run a feed of my activity in other places through Facebook. Well, I killed that yesterday. Thing is, I really don;t spend much time on Facebook, nd I really agree with Matt’s point that it is their proprietary view of all their users content which makes the service so questionable in my mind. That said, I connect with all the people who don;t undestand the internet there, so it is still valuable Just no more links to my work goes there anymore, and I imagine that service will prove—with steps like these—that it will be the first services to have 100s of milliosn of users that can’t make a real buck off it. Which I think is kinda funny.