One of the things I dislike about Facebook is that, like nearly every fad technology before it, it is proprietary. A one way data collector. Even the emails are image files so you can't copy and paste them out. There's no simple, obvious ways to get stuff out of it once you feed it in. For example, your account is presumably yours but they only let you look at the community generated metadata like your links to others or tags in pics. It is what it is. You make a deal with the devil to use these sorts of services.
Well, Facebook has decided that they want the right to basically own your stuff now too. I realize lawyers like to make the law as clear and safe for their clients as possible but should Facebook really have the right to sub license any thing I post to anyone else forever? Do you want an advertiser to spot a pic of your kid and use it in a national media campaign without compensation or even asking permission?
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