[Leica] simple intellectual property question

[ricc at embarqmail.com (Ric Carter)]

well, facebook would be in a strange position posting your photos if you 
don't give them permission to do so.

interpretation  details are of course the rub

ric


On Feb 1, 2013, at 6:43 PM, "Ken Carney" <kcarney1 at cox.net> wrote:

> I think another problem is that Facebook can apparently change the terms at
> any time.
> 
> Ken
> 
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> [mailto:lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Tina
> Manley
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> Subject: Re: [Leica] simple intellectual property question
> 
> My God!  Here are the terms which I swear have changed since the last time 
> I
> checked them:
> 
> "For content that is covered by intellectual property rights, like photos
> and videos (IP content), you specifically give us the following permission,
> subject to your privacy <http://www.facebook.com/privacy/> and application
> settings <http://www.facebook.com/editapps.php>: you grant us a
> non-exclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, worldwide 
> license
> to use any IP content that you post on or in connection with Facebook (IP
> License). This IP License ends when you delete your IP content or your
> account unless your content has been shared with others, and they have not
> deleted it."
> 
> I am immediately deleting all of my photos on Facebook and will not post 
> any
> more.
> 
> Tina
> 
> On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 5:39 PM, Ken Carney <kcarney1 at cox.net> wrote:
> 
>> I think this is clear, but I would appreciate any corrections.  The 
>> Facebook terms of use state that for any IP content that I post, I 
>> retain ownership but grant a royalty-free sublicense.  From the 
>> definition of "content", it appears that if I post a link to one of my 
>> photos on Facebook, I have granted the sublicense for that image, the 
>> same as if I had uploaded the image to Facebook.  Correct?  Thanks for 
>> any help.
>> 
>> 
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> 
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