ryan s
they dont think it
i was reading theonlinephotographer blog, and mike mentioned that facebook's Terms of Service have changed.
ill break it down for you: anything and everything you post on facebook becomes their property. you lose all rights to it. even if you delete your account and take down your photos, they still belong to facebook.
check out this comment by mark roberts to sum up the consequences:
nice job, facebook
ill break it down for you: anything and everything you post on facebook becomes their property. you lose all rights to it. even if you delete your account and take down your photos, they still belong to facebook.
check out this comment by mark roberts to sum up the consequences:
you can read more at photoattorneySeveral people have pointed out that it's easy for anyone to appropriate your images once they're on the web. This misses the point. If a high school student in Nebraska uses your photo on his web page, you may be annoyed but you haven't lost any of your rights or any money. If Coca Cola used your image in an ad without paying you could sue and get money—and unlike the high school student, they have enough money to make it worth your while. What Facebook's TOS does if give them the rights as well as the image: They can use your image in an ad and, even though they have enough money to be worth suing, you can't do so. Depending on the terms in the TOS, Facebook might even be able to sell your image to Coca Cola for an ad.
Finally, it's worth noting that the TOS applies to all media. Although photographers seem to be the ones getting most upset, it may be musicians who have the most to lose. Imagine some band that becomes the next U2 or Coldplay. They get a recording contract and have a big hit...with a song that has also been on the Facebook page they started when no one had heard of them. The amount of money at stake there would make all our photographs' value look like pocket change by comparison.
Facebook actively promotes itself to bands, offering 'unlimited uploads' of music. Given the growth of social media, it's not impossible that one of these bands could someday make it big."
nice job, facebook