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Facebook Reverts to Old Terms!

February 18th, 2009
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OK, so enough folks seem to have bitch-slapped Facebook for them to reconsider their new Terms of Use. Truthfully, in many countries they would have probably stood no chance (example: Germany) of getting away with this legally anyway. Here’s what was posted on my private Facebook page today:

“Terms of Use UpdateClose

Over the past few days, we have received a lot of feedback about the new terms we posted two weeks ago. Because of this response, we have decided to return to our previous Terms of Use while we resolve the issues that people have raised. For more information, visit the Facebook Blog.

If you want to share your thoughts on what should be in the new terms, check out our group Facebook Bill of Rights and Responsibilities.”

I have decided to take a wait-and-see stance for right now, before I reactivate and then feed my previous public Facebook page. As they said, they are still evaluating. I’ll be curious to see what they come up with next…

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Facebook Licensing?! Photographers Beware!

February 17th, 2009
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The following is straight from facebook.com’s Terms of Use page at http://www.facebook.com/terms.php?ref=pf:

“You are solely responsible for the User Content that you Post on or through the Facebook Service. You hereby grant Facebook an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, fully paid, worldwide license (with the right to sublicense) to (a) use, copy, publish, stream, store, retain, publicly perform or display, transmit, scan, reformat, modify, edit, frame, translate, excerpt, adapt, create derivative works and distribute (through multiple tiers), any User Content you (i) Post on or in connection with the Facebook Service or the promotion thereof subject only to your privacy settings or (ii) enable a user to Post, including by offering a Share Link on your website and (b) to use your name, likeness and image for any purpose, including commercial or advertising, each of (a) and (b) on or in connection with the Facebook Service or the promotion thereof. You represent and warrant that you have all rights and permissions to grant the foregoing licenses.”

Basically, if I’m reading this right, they could go ahead and repurpose any photographs of mine I’m posting on the fan page I was in the process of building? And without me getting ANYTHING out of it? I don’t think so. I’m closing it today.

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