Facebook knows your age, alma mater and favorite band. It’s seen your spring break photos and read the messages you sent to your friend. So, can it do anything it wants with that content?
Huh ?! Yup. Or so the intro to this Chicago Tribune story says, going on:
“Legally, almost. But in practice, the rules that govern Facebook’s relationship with its users are abstract and subject to constant negotiation.
“The blogosphere was a buzz Monday after a popular consumer affairs blog pointed out changes to Facebook’s terms of use that the social networking Web site quietly made earlier this month. The issue of who controls the data posted to the site is a massive gray area that continues to evolve as Internet companies and consumers shape social norms on how to define trust in the digital age and share their lives through new technology.”
Yesterday, “I reported on Facebook’s new terms of service, which appears to assert permanent rights to any content that users create or upload, even after they delete it from the site,” said Paul Boutin in the Industry Standard.
#1 by Turtle at May 15th, 2009
I bet this is still hunting them. Why didn’t they just leave well enough alone. Oh well, I guess we could all ask that at times! Think I will leave well enough alone tonight and download ares music and just chill!