Facebook has recently changed their terms of service for members. Facebook’s new policy states that any material posted on the social networking site, is now owned by Facebook forever. Facebook has asked its members for ideas on a FB Bill of Rights and Responsibilities, that it wants to create in response to member outrage. This “bill” would replace the terms of use policy that FB already has.
In response to member’s disapproval, FB has added the original terms back to their site, while this “bill” is being put together.
Quote from Chicagotribune “We apologize for the confusion around these issues," Facebook told its members on the site. "We never intended to claim ownership over people's content even though that's what it seems like to many people. This was a mistake and we apologize for the confusion." —Wailin Wong
What it means / Why it matters: Whether or not you delete your FB account, FB can use anything you post on FB and claim it as their own. Almost every college student today has a facebook account.
Quick Facts on FB:
Amount of Users on FB currently: 175 million
Founder: Mark Zuckerberg
Questions for the class:
Do you feel safe using Facebook?
Do you have any ideas for the FB “Bill of rights”?
Do you think that FB should be allowed to use anything you post on it’s website, forever?
Links: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-talk-facebookfeb19,0,4201593.story
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29239948/
Video Link:
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-fi-facebook19-2009feb19,0,4088613.story
I feel safe using Facebook, because I have control over it. I don't have any really personal information on it, like my address, phone number, etc.
ReplyDeleteI was enraged when I read about the new changes to the FB bill of rights. I have a lot of work on my profile, photos, things I do in photo shop, etc. and they belong to me. Not Facebook. If I ever saw any of my work stolen by Facebook, I would bring them to court.
As for adding anything to the Bill of Rights, how about when we delete our profiles, they are gone forever? My friend tried to delete his, and you know how you re-activate it? You sign in with your e-mail and password. And it's like you never left. That's pretty bad.
i agree with Olivia that facebook should not have access to that information and they should acknowledge that.
ReplyDeleteI can't believe they even tried to do that, but on the other hand, people shouldn't post un copyritten photos and literature etc. on the internet...that's like asking for your stuff to get stolen...
ReplyDeleteI think there's a pretty simple solution to this. Don't put your personal stuff on the internet.
ReplyDeleteEh, this isn't really an issue for me. I'm intelligent enough to not post personal information or anything I wouldn't want stolen. Besides, it's free to get a creative commons license, and it's dirt cheap to actually get a legit copyright on your material.
ReplyDeleteI'm just going to repeat what I said in class- this is probably a more efficient way for facebook to manage the content that is placed on their site. We all know that vulgar and violent pictures aren't allowed on facebook, and they are constantly monitoring for this.
ReplyDeletei think that although facebook technically has rights to things on their site, and we acknowledge that by agreeing to the terms, but it is wrong for them to use original material for their own use.
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