Facebook Copyright “Hoax”
OK gang, hoax or misconstrued hopes, I am chiming in on the copyright/infringement issues where Facebook users are posting comments to their own feeds about the website’s limitations on “your own content.” I chimed in on this a few days just before this entire thing went hoax/viral.
First off, I completely understand how you feel and why you might want to take a stab at trying to control the information in your posts… your words, your pictures and other aspects of your online social interactions.
I get it.
But…
The website (Facebook or any other social site) you use puts down some roots and restrictions or agreed upon understandings on the use of their website. (Yes, you did. You probably glazed over or skipped the lengthy, detailed rules of usage.) It’s their website that you are using for free. That “free” involves access to whatever information you give them. And you’d be surprised how much that content is worth to the site.
For example, when you play games, you give them certain permissions to access some information in your profile. And profiles of your friends. They then take that info and parlay it via focused content marketing into sales. That’s how one of the game makers on FB has made its billions.
But then there’s this thing on the website governance and usage policies, where they’ve updated the policies for users.
But…
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