Thursday, February 26, 2009
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
For those of you unaware of the change in the terms of service that was recently revoked...
They tried to slip this in:
"You hereby grant Facebook an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, fully paid, worldwide license (with the right to sublicense) to (a) use, copy, publish, stream, store, retain, publicly perform or display, transmit, scan, reformat, modify, edit, frame, translate, excerpt, adapt, create derivative works and distribute (through multiple tiers), any User Content you (i) Post on or in connection with the Facebook Service or the promotion thereof subject only to your privacy settings or (ii) enable a user to Post, including by offering a Share Link on your website and (b) to use your name, likeness and image for any purpose, including commercial or advertising, each of (a) and (b) on or in connection with the Facebook Service or the promotion thereof."
Meaning, basically, they own any and all content you put on facebook. And if you cancel your account, they still own every piece of material you put online. There were protests and groups formed against this change in policy and due to the outcry, Facebook backed down. The creators said in their blog:
"Many of us at Facebook spent most of today discussing how best to move forward. One approach would have been to quickly amend the new terms with new language to clarify our positions further. Another approach was simply to revert to our old terms while we begin working on our next version. As we thought through this, we reached out to respected organizations to get their input."
Translation: We didn't think you would notice what a bunch of dicks we are, but since you did we're going to back down and say the terms of service need a change of "language."
And then on the facebook bill or rights group, the creators say:
"5. We apologize for the confusion around these issues. We never intended to claim ownership over people's content even though that's what it seems like to many people. This was a mistake and we apologize for the confusion."
As if they didn't have a dozen lawyers drafting the language.
It's almost enough for me to bail on Facebook. This is the age of privacy rights and we have to be vigilant.
They tried to slip this in:
"You hereby grant Facebook an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, fully paid, worldwide license (with the right to sublicense) to (a) use, copy, publish, stream, store, retain, publicly perform or display, transmit, scan, reformat, modify, edit, frame, translate, excerpt, adapt, create derivative works and distribute (through multiple tiers), any User Content you (i) Post on or in connection with the Facebook Service or the promotion thereof subject only to your privacy settings or (ii) enable a user to Post, including by offering a Share Link on your website and (b) to use your name, likeness and image for any purpose, including commercial or advertising, each of (a) and (b) on or in connection with the Facebook Service or the promotion thereof."
Meaning, basically, they own any and all content you put on facebook. And if you cancel your account, they still own every piece of material you put online. There were protests and groups formed against this change in policy and due to the outcry, Facebook backed down. The creators said in their blog:
"Many of us at Facebook spent most of today discussing how best to move forward. One approach would have been to quickly amend the new terms with new language to clarify our positions further. Another approach was simply to revert to our old terms while we begin working on our next version. As we thought through this, we reached out to respected organizations to get their input."
Translation: We didn't think you would notice what a bunch of dicks we are, but since you did we're going to back down and say the terms of service need a change of "language."
And then on the facebook bill or rights group, the creators say:
"5. We apologize for the confusion around these issues. We never intended to claim ownership over people's content even though that's what it seems like to many people. This was a mistake and we apologize for the confusion."
As if they didn't have a dozen lawyers drafting the language.
It's almost enough for me to bail on Facebook. This is the age of privacy rights and we have to be vigilant.
Friday, February 06, 2009
Outlander
Finally a movie with a concept even better than Zombie Strippers.
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What roller coaster ride of action and emotion. This movie has it all: stoic hero consumed by revenge meets beautiful local girl who knows how to wield a sword (if you know what I mean). Will she soften his heart and help him exorcise his troubled past? Local warrior/heir to the throne is skeptical of hero at first, but camaraderie in the heat of battle forges a deep and lasting friendship. I don't want to ruin anything by giving away more of the plot (and I use that term loosely), but I will say one more thing: Space Dragons. Oh hells yes: SPACE DRAGONS!!!!
Check it out one time, won't you.
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