Legal Tweets

Facebook's new TOU and IP issues.

Lindsay Griffiths:Tons of people passing this link: Facebook Terms now state they own YOUR content forever: http://tr.im/ger3 Crackheads. (via @KrisColvin)

• Marianne G. Sorensen RT @erikcecil RT @perrybelcher: Facebook Now OWNS Your Content? http://bit.ly/lEobm . I have already terminated my account - a few mins. ago

• Adrianos Matthew Facchetti: RT @AprilTara: Reading about changes to Facebook's TOS is making me consider deleting my account (agree)

• Whitney S. Hoffman: About the Facebook stuff- Seriously- did anyone think they had a right to privacy in anything they posted on the internet?

• Gwynne Monahan: RT @MariSmith: Facebook Terms of Use clarification: FB does NOT "own" your content. You grant them a LICENSE to use it.

• Leanna Hamill: If Facebook really wants to own my status updates & photos from high school, that's ok with me.

• Tyson B. Snow: If I criticize Facebook's TOS on Facebook, can they retract on my behalf since they may own the rights to the criticism? #Facebook #TOS

• Maxwell Steed Kennerly: Facebook and the Law of Stealth Changes in Consumer Contracts http://is.gd/jJXy #FacebookTOS

• Glennia Rose Campbell: Read Facebook TOS, remembering that I am actually an IP lawyer. Mostly boilerplate, BUT license should not be irrevocable & perpetual.

• Patrick Scharmer: Facebook attempts to address TOS concerns: http://sn.im/c0ei2 (via Facebook blog)

• Grant Griffiths: Want to know what Facebook's revised terms of use mean to you, read this from @pauljacobson -- http://tinyurl.com/bhe4n7

Copyright law, blog postings and articles, oh my!

nikiblack: Q: Is it ok to copy & paste another's blogger's 600 wd post onto ur blog in its entirety-f you give credit? How about a published article?

• mglickman: @nikiblack I would think that (a) give credit and (b) give reason why you had to restate it rather than link.
  

• y2vonne: @nikiblack No. Nothing in its entirety. Only quotes, with proper citation. Lots of this is happening on the net, tho

• charlesthomas: @nikiblack What is the original blogger's license? If it's CC, I see no problem.

• RedWolves: @nikiblack depends is the c/p verbatim or is the c/p with the blogs rebuttal intermixed?

• GKetch: @nikiblack OK, i say.Goes on all the time, no? And is it different than linking to the post, w credit? THAT happens all the time too.

• charlesthomas: @nikiblack Using an entire copyrighted article is a no-no; well beyond fair use.

• jeenaesq: @nikiblack If you give them credit and a link back to original post.... ? Where are our copyright lawyers out there?

• KMHobbie: @nikiblack *not legal advice* how could it be legal or appropriate to copy ALL of another's work and put it on your own blog?

• kdtalcott: @nikiblack re: copying of posts - check out this LinkedIn Q&A for a good discussion http://tinyurl.com/ceo468

• danielschwartz: @nikiblack You could contact the author & GET permission too; most are all too happy to give. Did that recently for cartoon I liked.

• Dan_Agnew: @nikiblack I'd say "no" to copying another author's post unless you get their permission.

• SCartierLiebel: @nikiblack I guess what it really boils down 2 is how much does the person who doesn't follow 'etiquette' want to be liked/despised?

• Nadir_Omowale: @nikiblack Give credit, post a link (or two) and add some commentary.

• CathyGellis: @nikiblack Gener'ly blog posts inherntly copyrighted. Bt many bloggers use Creative Commons licenses to allow reposting if credited, etc.

• GabeAcevedo: @nikiblack IMHO, esp w/ blogs, much of article posting falls under fair use. As long as there's attribution, there is no issue.

• nikiblack: @GabeAcevedo You def. can cite to post, but you either offer substantive anaylsis/commentary or send your reader to their site to read it.

• royamura: @nikiblack My posts are sometimes copied wholesale into other insurance industry blogs, w/attrib & link. I don't mind. More exposure

• nikiblack: @royamura My posts are picked up by tech aggregation sites on occasion as well-but it's diff, IMO. & most ask permission first.

• nofaultparadise: @roymura@nikiblack I try not to quote other posts in full and tell my readers to check out the other blog for the full post.