Face Book coy rights

[MerAnthony]

I was looking an I found this. To all you people that post pictures on face book you have a surprise. Please read this.

http://gma.yahoo.com/stop-dont-post-...news-tech.html

[Mer_Adella]

just said on the news this morning that it is a fake. so nothing to worry about

[SeaGlass Siren]

this was over a year ago. i'm surprised people are only finding out about this now .__.

[MerAnthony]

This was just posted to my news page this morning. If I messed up I'm sorry, but I thought this could be interesting to people that have face book and didn't know about it.

[SeaGlass Siren]

This was just posted to my news page this morning. If I messed up I'm sorry, but I thought this could be interesting to people that have face book and didn't know about it.

..what'd you mess up?? >.>;

[MerAnthony]

I didn't know that this was old news. That is how I messed up

[malinghi]

"It's a frightful message and those worried that Facebook will own their photos or other media are posting it -- unaware that it is a hoax. Here's the truth: Facebook doesn't own your media and there is no such thing as the Berner Convention. (There is a Berne Convention!)"

Berner Convention makes me think of this:

[ShyMer]

I think I just read something in one of the recent Reader's Digests about facebook being able to use your photos however they like unless you know how to get out of it. I wonder if they got sucked in, too.

[malinghi]

I think I just read something in one of the recent Reader's Digests about facebook being able to use your photos however they like unless you know how to get out of it. I wonder if they got sucked in, too.

I think, and I might be getting some facts wrong here, that the photo sharing website twitpic briefly had in its terms of service a clause that while users had the copyright on their images, the site itself had an automatic licence to use the images for things, including selling permission for other people to use them. There was an outrage and the clause was removed. That may have been an inspiration for this rumor.
[source]

As an aside, I think people should be very concerned about their ownership of information they post online. Sure, facebook users have a copyright on the stuff the stuff they post, but I think facebook still has the rights to sell your personal information to advertisers. So I think people have every reason to be very concerned. Ultimately the safest option is to not give facebook your information.

As another aside, I wonder what my legal rights are with respect to everyone's content on here? If I wanted to go mad with power, would I be legally allowed to do stuff like what facebook does? I wrote in the rules that no one is allowed to steal content from anyone and as far as I'm concerned that applies to me as well, but technically speaking I don't know if its legally binding. Actually I don't know what makes anything legally binding. I guess I just assume something is if whoever said it can afford a lawyer.

[AniaR]

you give a specific type of permission so your images can be shared on FB and liked and commented on. The same standard ToS that is on most photo and art websites. You still have your copyright. I explained it on my page with a link earlier too.