ClappingTree’s Web 2.0

Sounds like a pretty fair ToS to me, except 1. which I hope they would at least email the members about any changes in ToS.

I disagree, U-zyn. I’ve read many ToS. Seems to me that at least points 4 and 8 are not standard AND not common. Usually, content are owned by content creators. And where third-parties are concerned, permission is asked before any such “give, sell or rent” action. For example:

The Terms on SlideShare.net state clearly that “All content on the Site, other than the Submissions… are owned by or licensed to SlideShare, subject to trademark, copyright and other intellectual property rights under United States and foreign laws and international conventions…. you own or have the necessary licenses, rights, consents, and permissions to use and authorize SlideShare to use all patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights in and to any and all Submissions…”

And SlideShare.net’s Privacy Policy states upfront that “We will not give, sell or rent your email address to any third party and at time, for any reason.”

By the way, what are the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy on Ping.sg? Do you mean that all the 8 points above apply on Ping.sg too? :-p

Facebook is rife with privacy issues…. I think MySpace is the lesser of two evils.

I really have no problem with the ToS of facebook…Now I barely use it but even if I did I wouldn’t have a problem.

I don’t like the idea of Facebook getting a license of anything that I put on there, that is ridiculous!

I’ve recently started to use Facebook after seeing so many of my friends on it. I’ve been uploading photos like crazy to the site. I think I should scale some of that back if I’m going to be giving up rights to those photos…

Very timely. I’m about to sign up for Facebook. I have had a myspace account for a while.

wow! I have Facebook and I didn’t know any of this… it might be time for me to stop submitting photos…

Wow, I have a profile on there and I didn’t even know about all of this – some of it, but not the bad stuff.

First off, only for personal use? If that’s true, then creating an account and promoting my blog with it is off limits, and also because you can only have one account.

I also don’t think they should gain the license to anything we do on Facebook. It’s not right. Maybe I shouldn’t post my written stories or publish my photos on there anymore.

Maybe I shouldn’t use Facebook at all. Myspace is better, all the way.

I never bothered reading Facebooks TOS, interesting finds though!

Have used facebook for awhile so really helpful post, thx !

This is one reason I don’t like social networking sites. You have no protection of your content whatsoever on these sites. I wouldn’t want to post my pictures or blog on a site knowing that they can claim ownership of it..

Facebook vs. Myspace…. I wonder if you could break down the various social status of both users and find any signifiagnt difference. Seems like lower ses people are on myspace.

I heard about this from a seminar speaker at an internet conference. It appears Myspace and even gmail have similar “TOS”.

Facebook has realized that it’s at the top of the food-chain very quickly. They can pretty much do anything they want with your information at any time…. even if you cancel your membership. Sounds like big brother.

@MatthewLoop