> > > Please check the conditions for publishing your pictures > on FB and > > > then decide. > > > http://www.facebook.com/terms.php?ref=pf > > > > > > The key concept: > > > > > > For content that is covered by intellectual property rights, like > > > photos and videos ("IP content"), you specifically give us the > > > following permission, subject to your privacy and application > > > settings: you grant us a non-exclusive, transferable, > > > sub-licensable, royalty-free, worldwide license to use any IP > > > content that you post on or in connection with Facebook ("IP > > > License"). This IP License ends when you delete your IP > content or > > > your account unless your content has been shared with > others, and they have not deleted it. > > > > IANAL, but doesn't this basically translate, despite the scary > > legalese, to: "If you post a picture, you're authorizing us to > > _display_ that picture, subject to your privacy settings, until you > > delete the picture (unless you've given somebody else permission to > > display it and they haven't deleted their copy yet)" ?? > > Nope. > > You've given the right to sell it, not compensate you for it, > and that "shared with others" clause in regards to what > you've deleted is a very wide country indeed. >
They're using that phrase to cover themselves. What I infer from it is that they will make use of anything posted on Facebook for any purpose, but they're not going to store and maintain it separately from the account where they found it. So if you delete it they won't go chasing around looking for another copy to use. But when they use a picture they won't try to find out if it belongs to someone else (who may have deleted it). Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
