Do You Own That Content?
Not on Facebook. That’s right - their terms of service indicate that those pictures, those blog 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 terms of service guidelines when they pop up on our screen.
I don’t know about the other social networking services - but if you regularly post important content, pictures, and so on - even if you are using a Creative Commons license - you ought to check to see if your service provider trumps your ownership rights.
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