Comments on: Photos on Facebook: some intellectual property concerns

By: Larry

Larry — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 01:14:49 +0000

If a person posts a photo on facebook by writing a comment and posting a photo, and the posted photo is legally copyrighted, can the photo be:
1. Legally downloaded
2. Used for personal use
3. Edited for personal use
4. Edited for commercial use
5. Can visible copyright on photo be edited out during the editing process.
6. Is authorization required by submitting photographer to perform steps 1-5 listed above?

By: The end of facebook (for me), a convienent compendium » Hraba Hospitality Consulting

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 21:09:25 +0000

[...] http://blogs.onenw.org/jon/archives/2007/11/18/photos-on-facebook-some-intellectual-property-concern… (for my artist friends and myself with burn stuff… the above two are very interesting) [...]

By: philk

philk — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:36:38 +0000

Thanks Jon, and I would add that these same issues seem to apply to all written content on FB, so if you draft notes for a work on FB, or synch your blog to FB, you’re compromising your rights. I was actually looking for a way to export all my status updates, since that’s a kind of timeline and diary that I’d like to review in other forms than within FB, no easy good way for this though i figure you could rig up a feed pull that would get all this — it’s not readily obvious within FB. As i read ‘non-exclusive’ in their docs, i’m thinking that you still retain rights to publish in additional locations anything you write in FB, at least that right appears to remain intact. I am going to stop posting photos in FB.

By: A passerby...

A passerby... — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 05:48:52 +0000

While I understand your concerns, it’s kind of a moot point. Facebook has never really been about sharing stuff like that. Any “important” pictures you upload to Facebook are cut down considerably in size/quality to begin with so it really isn’t a great way to share things of that nature anyway. And if you want people to be reading your blog updates, just link them there. It’s the hits you’re after right? YOU are choosing to put your material on their pages, if you want that bigger audience you have to go by their rules.

By: Goodbye Facebook! « Flogged’s Weblog

Goodbye Facebook! « Flogged’s Weblog — Tue, 27 May 2008 01:49:02 +0000

[...] etc ? This is why they can get away with it. There’s some excellent rants on this topic. http://blogs.onenw.org/jon/archives/2007/11/18/photos-on-facebook-some-intellectual-property-concern… is an interesting one that showed up via a google [...]

By: steve

steve — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 22:29:12 +0000

thanks so much for this, i have removed my important photos and warned my photographer friends, so, thanks.
steve

By: Eric Berlin » Blog Archive » Does Facebook own everything you post there?

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:12:34 +0000

[...] Don’t be silly! They simply assign themselves the right [...]

By: zeldman

zeldman — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 19:51:06 +0000

Thanks for raising this concern! You’ve done us all a service.

By: Christian Johansen

Christian Johansen — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 21:37:51 +0000

Great investigative piece, Jon. Facebook will take a lot of flame for this, and they sure won’t get any creative content from me. Gotta get the word out, after a careful look for myself.

By: Patrick Shaw’s Weblog / Do You Own That Content?

Patrick Shaw’s Weblog / Do You Own That Content? — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 02:25:51 +0000

[...] postings and pretty much all else can be used without your consent. My colleague Jon Stahl has a great post about this – and I’d bet that most of us don’t take the time to read those lengthy [...]