Facebook full of fail?

[purpletigron]

http://consumerist.com/5150175/facebooks-new-terms-of-service-we-can-do-anything-we-want-with-your-content-forever

Comments

[ex-serenejo.livejournal.com]

Eh. They can keep my status updates as long as they want. May they use them in good health.

[artela.livejournal.com]

Are you also happy for them to on-sell your blogging, your thoughts, your photos, the rest of your content? That's what the new TOS allows.

[ig1234.livejournal.com]

Maybe I'll take a photo of my arse with 'ARBITRATE THIS, FUCKBOOK' written on it.... they can sell that...

[surliminal.livejournal.com]

Actually no. Currently their privacy policy states they only sell anonymised and aggraggate data . Of course they can change their mind on this at any time.

I'm not really sure why this change is causing such angst - they have ALWAYS claimed to take all your stuff forever. The only difference here is that you don't get it out of it by deleting your profile. But almost no one does that so the change is minimal.

Once FB've shared your personal data with a 3rd party, asking for it back is meaningless - I suspect this change is just clarifying that.

[stevegreen.livejournal.com]

What if, at the end of a review or similar piece of text, you added "(c) [insert name] 2009, used under licence". Would that supercede FB's claims?

[ex-serenejo.livejournal.com]

I was being flippant, but yes, I don't put anything on Facebook or any other hosted site that I want to retain control of.

[teaparty.net (from livejournal.com)]

i refer the honourable tigron to the rant i gave earlier. on several occasions.

[pplfichi.livejournal.com]

reasons_not_to_give_facebook_your_content ++;