Comments on: Eben Moglen, Facebook and what I thought about it. http://copyrightcommerceandculture.com/2010/02/08/eben-moglen-facebook-and-what-i-thought-about-it/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed E59.1405, The Media, Culture, and Communications Department at the Steinhardt School of Education at NYU Fri, 18 May 2012 19:36:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ole Juul http://copyrightcommerceandculture.com/2010/02/08/eben-moglen-facebook-and-what-i-thought-about-it/comment-page-1/#comment-26147 Ole Juul Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:16:14 +0000 http://copyrightcommerceandculture.com/?p=913#comment-26147 @AshleyAshley: With nearly a billion users, the problem is with the scale of the operation. This is the world's largest collection of personal data ever compiled. The fact that it's available to one single government may, or may not, play into this as well. I also question your term "users by choice". Many people don't have the intellectual wherewithal to make decisions like that, despite being so called responsible adults. There is also a lot of peer pressure now. Some Facebook users pressure others to join, and it can be quite a job to stand up to that in a polite and considerate way. @AshleyAshley: With nearly a billion users, the problem is with the scale of the operation. This is the world’s largest collection of personal data ever compiled. The fact that it’s available to one single government may, or may not, play into this as well.

I also question your term “users by choice”. Many people don’t have the intellectual wherewithal to make decisions like that, despite being so called responsible adults. There is also a lot of peer pressure now. Some Facebook users pressure others to join, and it can be quite a job to stand up to that in a polite and considerate way.

]]> By: AshleyAshley http://copyrightcommerceandculture.com/2010/02/08/eben-moglen-facebook-and-what-i-thought-about-it/comment-page-1/#comment-274 AshleyAshley Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:00:34 +0000 http://copyrightcommerceandculture.com/?p=913#comment-274 Hmmm... the Internet is a vast "place" in which we leave our virtual footprint everytime we explore, visit websites, purchase an "item" or join a soical network. So, while Facebook is compiling some "personal" information about it's users and using it for target ads, those users are members by choice, and probably are not doing anything that many other social networking sites (even though less popular) are not doing in order to capitalize.However, in terms of copyright, I wonder if as voluntary network members, we are protected by "copyright" infringement laws...or are all of those rights signed away as soon as we "agree" to the site's terms and conditions. Hmmm… the Internet is a vast “place” in which we leave our virtual footprint everytime we explore, visit websites, purchase an “item” or join a soical network. So, while Facebook is compiling some “personal” information about it’s users and using it for target ads, those users are members by choice, and probably are not doing anything that many other social networking sites (even though less popular) are not doing in order to capitalize.However, in terms of copyright, I wonder if as voluntary network members, we are protected by “copyright” infringement laws…or are all of those rights signed away as soon as we “agree” to the site’s terms and conditions.

]]> By: atr257 http://copyrightcommerceandculture.com/2010/02/08/eben-moglen-facebook-and-what-i-thought-about-it/comment-page-1/#comment-263 atr257 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:49:03 +0000 http://copyrightcommerceandculture.com/?p=913#comment-263 Privacy was a big subject in my media and identity class. It might be surprising what you find when you google yourself, (or when a potential employer does) when you use social media sites. But just to comment on facebook, not only do you give companies access to all of your personal information when you download an application, but all of your friends too, pictures, birthdays and all. I posted a link to delicious dealing with some privacy risks to your "personal copyright" Privacy was a big subject in my media and identity class. It might be surprising what you find when you google yourself, (or when a potential employer does) when you use social media sites. But just to comment on facebook, not only do you give companies access to all of your personal information when you download an application, but all of your friends too, pictures, birthdays and all. I posted a link to delicious dealing with some privacy risks to your “personal copyright”

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