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<blockquote data-quote="Browncoat" data-source="post: 195305" data-attributes="member: 1061"><p>Some of you are missing the point. This isn't just about photos. It's not about meaningless watermarks. Imagine this scenario:</p><p></p><p>You walk into a Starbucks to buy one of their yuppie lattes. The moment you cross the threshold into their store, you:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">can star in a television commercial without compensation or acknowledgement</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">can have your face plastered all over billboards, again, without compensation or acknowledgement</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">must hand over your phone's web browsing history</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">must hand over your phone's contact list</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">give them unlimited access to everything on your person, including your wallet</li> </ul><p></p><p>That is essentially what Facebook is doing. As long as you're signed up, they claim the rights to all your content and all of your account information. This has existed in their TOS for awhile now, but they offered limited protection via account settings. Those protections have just been lifted. If you think just posting a link to your stuff offers any kind of protection, you're wrong. That link is owned by Facebook too.</p><p></p><p>Personally, I despise Facebook. I'm not one of those people who wastes time on it, but I can't deny the power it offers for business. I can reach hundreds, even thousands of people per day and it costs me nothing. I can't afford that kind of advertising. Facebook is a large source of traffic to my website, and again, that has a very real affect on my bottom line. Facebook events/calendar are also a great way to book sessions.</p><p></p><p>This was posted in the business section because it has little effect on the average user. Most people don't care about any of this. Facebook has been collecting and making money from this information for a long time. They've tried this kind of broad-sweeping change before and the user outcry was so big, they've revised it 3 or 4 times now. This is just their latest effort. If you use Facebook for business, the effects impact all of your customers who use your business page, and that's a big deal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Browncoat, post: 195305, member: 1061"] Some of you are missing the point. This isn't just about photos. It's not about meaningless watermarks. Imagine this scenario: You walk into a Starbucks to buy one of their yuppie lattes. The moment you cross the threshold into their store, you: [LIST] [*]can star in a television commercial without compensation or acknowledgement [*]can have your face plastered all over billboards, again, without compensation or acknowledgement [*]must hand over your phone's web browsing history [*]must hand over your phone's contact list [*]give them unlimited access to everything on your person, including your wallet [/LIST] That is essentially what Facebook is doing. As long as you're signed up, they claim the rights to all your content and all of your account information. This has existed in their TOS for awhile now, but they offered limited protection via account settings. Those protections have just been lifted. If you think just posting a link to your stuff offers any kind of protection, you're wrong. That link is owned by Facebook too. Personally, I despise Facebook. I'm not one of those people who wastes time on it, but I can't deny the power it offers for business. I can reach hundreds, even thousands of people per day and it costs me nothing. I can't afford that kind of advertising. Facebook is a large source of traffic to my website, and again, that has a very real affect on my bottom line. Facebook events/calendar are also a great way to book sessions. This was posted in the business section because it has little effect on the average user. Most people don't care about any of this. Facebook has been collecting and making money from this information for a long time. They've tried this kind of broad-sweeping change before and the user outcry was so big, they've revised it 3 or 4 times now. This is just their latest effort. If you use Facebook for business, the effects impact all of your customers who use your business page, and that's a big deal. [/QUOTE]
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