Comments on: No, a legal notice won’t protect you from Facebook — so stop posting them

By: Brian Rock

Brian Rock — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 05:41:46 +0000

It started as a joke, but like you said, the end isn’t included in the repostings. And that’s when it stopped being a joke. People think that “legal notice” has some kind of real impact. That’s a sad indictment of what the average citizen knows about intellectual property rights.

That is something newsworthy, and something we should do a better job of educating people about. Or we could ignore it, and just accept ignorance as the status quo.

By: Lee

Lee — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 16:18:12 +0000

I certainly refused to use Facebook. It’s a stain on the social internet. I feel sullied when I use them, but feel no such sensations when using Twitter, Google+ or other such social tools.

By: Nirmala Rao

Nirmala Rao — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 15:11:48 +0000

Any social network for that matter should be bound morally in this regard whatever the terms and conditions that the people have agreed to when they sign up for use. this is what makes any soc.network like FB people friendly and stand up to its reputation. Of course no amount of disclaimers put up will matter to FB or anyone misusing content. All the same we should be bound by our own limitations as to what can be put up there for public view. A filter is very mush required!!

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 10:57:21 +0000

The basics (in the UK at least) also include that a contract must be reasonable, and if one party does not have any ability to alter the content of that contract, then it is relatively easy to argue that it is not reasonable – a number of “shrink wrap” contracts have been annulled in the courts for this very reason.

By: Rahul Dutta

Rahul Dutta — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 02:39:54 +0000

Facebook is from us, We are not from Facebook..

By: Happy human

Happy human — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:39:13 +0000

I’m not using facebook at all and I’m still alive, have a family, friends all over the place (maybe the real once) and I’m happy, too … :-)

By: James Brown

James Brown — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:01:18 +0000

I’m certainly not a product of Facebook!!

By: James Brown

James Brown — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:00:04 +0000

If you don’t want facebook to use your info don’t use Facebook! Simples!!

By: James Brown

James Brown — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:54:53 +0000

If you don’t want Facebook to use your info don’t use Facebook it’s simple!!

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 13:45:57 +0000

Disingenuous argument. You don’t “purchase” Facebook before seeing the terms. You see the terms, you accept them, then you are allowed access to Facebook.