Facebook's New Terms of Service 426
An anonymous reader writes "Chris Walters writes about Facebook's new terms of service. 'Facebook's terms of service (TOS) used to say that when you closed an account on their network, any rights they claimed to the original content you uploaded would expire. Not anymore.
Now, anything you upload to Facebook can be used by Facebook in any way they deem fit, forever, no matter what you do later. Want to close your account? Good for you, but Facebook still has the right to do whatever it wants with your old content. They can even sublicense it if they want.'" Oh no! Now they'll be able to license your super flair goblin poke 25 tag history!
That's why I don't use the internet (Score:4, Funny)
It is a scam and a waste of time.
Re:I escaped (Score:2, Funny)
It's retroactive.
Well gee... (Score:4, Funny)
I guess I'll stop backing up my code to "My notes".
Re:No different to any google service (Score:5, Funny)
How cares? If they can't profit from your data why should they even bother to keep it? Just toss it out like a cryogenic storage farm that doesn't want to buy any more liquid nitrogen.
Re:Naive thinking... (Score:5, Funny)
You say that now... wait till they license 1,000,000 pictures in bulk at $0.01/image to someone who publishes gay pin-up calenders... including that picture of you at the beach with your shirt off when you were 17...
Re:is this a surprise? (Score:5, Funny)
I wonder what the marketers will do with:
14) I will go out of my way not buy anything because of unsolicited marketing.
Re:No different to any google service (Score:5, Funny)
Like a what?! Dude, seriously, what's wrong with a car analogy?
Re:No different to any google service (Score:5, Funny)
My Terms of usage (Score:1, Funny)
I have also a similar statement about my person data which I posted as my first items. Facebook is free to close my account if they disagree with my terms.
I look forward cashing in some day!
Re:Naive thinking... (Score:5, Funny)
including that picture of you at the beach with your shirt off when you were 17...
I don't think _anyone_ at /. has to worry about that.
Re:Not Surprising (Score:3, Funny)
and they were being valued as being bigger than GM.
These days, the knitting that my grandmother sells at the yearly town fair is viewed as bigger than GM.
Re:Current users? (Score:5, Funny)
I only pray that this is what kills facebook so I can stop hearing people rant about how great it is and how I should join.
I'm an atheist, so forgive the expression.
Amen.
Re:Current users? (Score:5, Funny)
Actually, it would be more like a sign on the McDonald's door saying, "By entering this door, you agree to any terms posted within."
Or better yet, "By parking in our parking lot, you agree to be bound to any terms presented."
I have always wanted to put a sign on my front door which says, "By ringing my door bell, you agree to be squirted with a fully-loaded SuperSoaker, confronted by an angry naked man, or some combination thereof."
Re:Naive thinking... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Current users? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Paranoia (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Here's an even more devious possibility. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:That's why I don't use the internet (Score:5, Funny)
It is a scam and a waste of time.
At the danger of being wooshed, what the fuck are you doing talking about a waste of time on slashdot? ^_^
Re:Current users? (Score:4, Funny)
I have always wanted to put a sign on my front door which says, "By ringing my door bell, you agree to be squirted with a fully-loaded SuperSoaker, confronted by an angry naked man, or some combination thereof."
You're supposed to warn people before doing that?
Re:Current users? (Score:3, Funny)
Why is it always amen? What about bmen? And why stop at men? Why not awomen? =]
Re:Here's an even more devious possibility. (Score:4, Funny)
Yes. [facebook.com]
Re:Current users? (Score:1, Funny)
Why is it always amen? What about bmen? And why stop at men? Why not awomen? =]
This is slashdot. Nobody here will ever get to use awoman