Needless to say, the above statement does nothing to keep Facebook from using uploaded content according to its existing terms of service. Not only that, but the legal terminology thrown around like so much careless set dressing is all wrong. For one, the Berne Convention makes it unnecessary to declare your copyright. It makes that protection automatic. The privacy law referenced has nothing to do with privacy and the Rome Statute established a world court in Hague. All in all, its a lot of words that do nothing but sound important and vaguely threatening. The simple fact that this semi-viral post is completely wrong shows how colossally screwed up our current copyright system is. People are still under the impression that copyright needs to be declared (usually with the © symbol). Many also seem to think that if they declare copyright and trot out a million limitations, everyone approaching their copyrighted content is obliged to follow every stipulation. Facebook users are picking up the clues that maximalists are dropping and cobbling together legal-sounding threats with nothing behind them. What Facebook users really want isnt the same thing maximalists want. Behind this flawed statement is the feeling that Facebook gave users a place to share their photos, etc. with friends and family, but now it wants to turn uploaded content into marketing tools.
Posted on: Sun, 30 Nov 2014 11:07:56 +0000
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