There is a difference between use, and redistribute.
http://www.facebook.com/legal/copyright.php
https://www.facebook.com/help/?page=157024904418383
WTF
"it means that you are allowing everyone, including people off of Facebook, to access and use that information"
that does it. right there. it allows people to take it and post it without asking.
How do I know whether my copyright is being infringed by content that someone shared on Facebook?
Facebook’s Statement of Rights and Responsibilities prohibits users from posting copyrighted content to Facebook unless they own the copyright or are authorized to post the copyrighted content. If a Facebook user has shared your original work of authorship without your permission, you may want to seek legal advice as to whether your rights have been infringed.
What I do not understand, from the time I started school I was taught you can not copy other peoples work. Copyright protection should be basic grammar school stuff. But yet, people take images and use them with no regard given to the owner of the material.
Whatever happened to asking permission before you take someones property?
You can ask the courts to figure that one out then.
Wait, I'm so confused.
Why are you upset?
You took a pic, posted it on facebook, and somebody else copied the pic and reposted it?
Why are you upset again?
You can ask the courts to figure that one out then.
You... actually thought you'd 'own' them and make money off them?
Isn't that why napster was shutdown? Because people were redistributing material that did not belong to them?
What makes your tires or your car any different then Intellectual Property? If its ok to take Intellectual Property, then its ok to take someones car?
Isn't that why napster was shutdown? Because people were redistributing material that did not belong to them?
Its not a matter of money, its a matter of ownership.
When you park your car at the local grocery store, is it ok for someone to steal your tires?
The language is in the TOS and is clearly vague. If you want resolution you need to go to the courts.
I am of the opinion that based on the TOS, if your friend posted shit on FB with the Public setting then it's fair game.
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When you park your car at the local grocery store, is it ok for someone to steal your tires?
What makes your tires or your car any different then Intellectual Property? If its ok to take Intellectual Property, then its ok to take someones car?
There is a difference between use, and redistribute.
http://www.facebook.com/legal/copyright.php
https://www.facebook.com/help/?page=157024904418383
On facebook you are doing it and WAVING rights.
i know its complicated.
Yes, but not one relevant to your assertion. Legally (and grammatically and logically), the term "use" is widely inclusive.
"Redistribute" is a wholly contained subset of "use." When you allow "use" you, ipso facto allow "redistribution."
To legally bar the redistribution, the clause would have to explicitly state, "allow use except for redistribution." It does not.
When you publish content or information using the Public setting, it means that you are allowing everyone, including people off of Facebook, to access and use that information, and to associate it with you (i.e., your name and profile picture).
Exactly where does it say someone waves their rights?
When you publish content or information using the Public setting, it means that you are allowing everyone, including people off of Facebook, to access and use that information, and to associate it with you (i.e., your name and profile picture).
http://www.facebook.com/legal/terms
Facebook's TOS doesn't override federal copyright law. The photographer owns the photo until and unless he/she gives others permission to use/distribute it.
While the TOS gives FB certain rights to the photo, it does not confer those rights to any other individual, regardless of whether the content is public or private.
http://www.facebook.com/legal/terms
Facebook's TOS doesn't override federal copyright law. The photographer owns the photo until and unless he/she gives others permission to use/distribute it.
While the TOS gives FB certain rights to the photo, it does not confer those rights to any other individual, regardless of whether the content is public or private.
When lady gaga post a pic of facebook, you can take that pic and do anything you want with it? Yea, right, good luck with that.
By agreeing to Facebook's terms, you're giving permission to use/distribute it.
Giving permission to FACEBOOK to use and distribute it. That doesn't give permission to anyone else.
Exactly where does it say someone waves their rights?
When lady gaga post a pic of facebook, you can take that pic and do anything you want with it? Yea, right, good luck with that.
When lady gaga post a pic of facebook, you can take that pic and do anything you want with it? Yea, right, good luck with that.
Actually, it does, but contract law. The contract with FB is that they can extend their use right to anyone on or off Facebook. They have chosen to extend that right to everyone, which is the terms the OP agreed to when he created a FB account.
Giving permission to FACEBOOK to use and distribute it. That doesn't give permission to anyone else.