Also check out http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/14/AR2007041401444_pf.html
And I'm sorry if i came across as rude in the previous mail. I just hung up on a telemarketer (the 4th in the day) who insist on calling me despite my name being on DNC list. (And inspite of my having explained it to them every time). Also, having been a part of the corporate world for 11 years, and having dealt with companies of every hue, I'm sorry to say that I do not accept the notion that the invisible hand of the market will always result in a company doing good. - Mo On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 2:32 PM, Mohit (मॊिहत) <mohitmo...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 2:19 PM, Amit Varma <amitbl...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> I'm not assuming infinite goodwill, I'm assuming fear of the market. In >> the >> competitive market that Facebook is in, if they fuck around with user >> content -- like, say, use pics without permission -- the market will screw >> them over. To mess with users in that manner would be business suicide. >> > Ah, but at a point (& a price) the short-term profit might be more > lucrative than the risks posed by the "market". Also, you are ignoring the > fact that the competitive scenario could change some time in the future. > >> >> Any examples of where similar clauses by big companies -- not >> fly-by-nighters-- have been misused? >> > Why do we need examples to express a fear. Do we have to wise up to this > nonsense only AFTER someone has sold our data? As it is, mobile companies in > India (& I dare say a host of companies, retailers, etc. in the West) do it > all the time. > > - Mo > > > >
