Social media/blogging update
A few months ago, I decided to join Tumblr and see what it was all about. I so rarely have time for real blogging nowadays, and most of my newsy things get posted on Facebook or Twitter. However, there are …
Tag: social networking
And in other news…
It seems that FB has at least temporarily rolled back their terms of service to the previous, slighly less draconian terms until they can figure out why tens of thousands of people were protesting and even deleting their accounts. We’ll …
Bringing in the Feds: Eeeeven more on Facebook’s ToS changes
If you’re interested in protesting on Facebook, by the way, there’s a group of over 50,000 FB members discussing their problems with the changes. Even more interesting, though, is that EPIC is filing a complaint with the FTC over all …
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Facebook responds
Just saw this response from Facebook regarding the rights brou-ha-ha. We are not claiming and have never claimed ownership of material that users upload. The new Terms were clarified to be more consistent with the behavior of the site. That …
Interesting take on changing terms of service w/out notification
The courts have said that it’s not acceptable. The Ninth Circuit disagreed heavily with the original ruling, saying that it was not reasonable to expect Douglas to check the company’s web site every day just to see if the terms …
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More on ToS at Facebook
Mashable has a post that says it a lot more succinctly than the concerns I was trying to express yesterday. It compares specific quotes from the previous and current TOS. Check it out. A preview: The possible implications of this …
Concerns about Facebook’s terms of service rights claims
Facebook’s terms of service changed over a week ago, without them notifying anyone. (It’s like they think they’re a credit card company or something.) Now, they claim they have all rights in perpetuity to any content on the site (previously, …
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From the typewriter to the bookstore: A publishing story
This proves it: REAL writers use typewriters.
Social networking gone awry
I feel a little sickened right now. I’m posting this so publicly because I think this has affected pretty much all my friends and colleagues who are in my address book, even if we’ve only emailed once. If you received …
Bring wine, not a bullhorn
I’ve found all sorts of new people on Twitter to learn from. One is Chris Webb, Associate Publisher of Technology at John Wiley and Sons. I found his blog through his twitter. This post especially will be of interest to …