Facebook steals your stuff!

Ever cared to actually read Facebook’s new TOS?

So never write, post, link anything of importance on facebook. you will loose the rights forever!

Here’s an excerpt of the TOS

“You hereby grant Facebook an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, fully paid, worldwide license (with the right to sublicense) to (a) use, copy, publish, stream, store, retain, publicly perform or display, transmit, scan, reformat, modify, edit, frame, translate, excerpt, adapt, create derivative works and distribute […] any User Content you […] Post”

Read more here: http://consumerist.com/5150175/facebooks-new-terms-of-service-we-can-do-anything-we-want-with-your-content-forever

- Edit: After massive complaints from users, Facebook agreed to return to the old TOS.

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One Response to “Facebook steals your stuff!”

  1. Becklee Says:

    Didn’t read the fine print, so didn’t know until you brought this up. Thanks.

 

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