Comments on: Does Facebook own everything you post there? http://ericberlin.com/?p=2038 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 02:34:22 +0000 hourly 1 By: Eric Berlin http://ericberlin.com/?p=2038&cpage=1#comment-4709 Eric Berlin Sun, 10 Feb 2008 14:27:22 +0000 http://ericberlin.com/?p=2038#comment-4709 I dunno, Andy -- "for any purpose" makes it sound like they're securing the rights to use user-generated content for a wide variety of non-Facebook purposes. Ditto on the right to sublicense. Ditto for that "in connection with the site" phrasing, which is ambiguous enough to mean practically anything. I think all that could be trimmed neatly away without endangering Facebook's core business. I dunno, Andy — “for any purpose” makes it sound like they’re securing the rights to use user-generated content for a wide variety of non-Facebook purposes. Ditto on the right to sublicense. Ditto for that “in connection with the site” phrasing, which is ambiguous enough to mean practically anything. I think all that could be trimmed neatly away without endangering Facebook’s core business.

]]> By: Andy http://ericberlin.com/?p=2038&cpage=1#comment-4708 Andy Sun, 10 Feb 2008 14:19:41 +0000 http://ericberlin.com/?p=2038#comment-4708 I actually think that this licence is completely reasonable. You own the copyright on what you posted; they just want to make sure that no-one could sue Facebook, saying "You allowed my copyrighted content to appear on Fred's computer!" or "When a thumbnail view of my page appeared as part of Joe's friends page, that's a derivative work, and I didn't grant you a derivative work licence: I'm suing!" How would you word a licence that makes it absolutely clear that Facebook has the right to do all of the things that it does with your Facebook page content in the ordinary course of running Facebook? I actually think that this licence is completely reasonable. You own the copyright on what you posted; they just want to make sure that no-one could sue Facebook, saying “You allowed my copyrighted content to appear on Fred’s computer!” or “When a thumbnail view of my page appeared as part of Joe’s friends page, that’s a derivative work, and I didn’t grant you a derivative work licence: I’m suing!”

How would you word a licence that makes it absolutely clear that Facebook has the right to do all of the things that it does with your Facebook page content in the ordinary course of running Facebook?

]]> By: braine http://ericberlin.com/?p=2038&cpage=1#comment-4707 braine Sat, 09 Feb 2008 01:31:04 +0000 http://ericberlin.com/?p=2038#comment-4707 This is awesome! How much do they pay for my stuff!? I usually charge $150/hr or about $1.50/word...soooooo....? This is awesome! How much do they pay for my stuff!? I usually charge $150/hr or about $1.50/word…soooooo….?

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