My New TOS

• 16 February 2009
• networks

There’s a fantastic series of tweets in my Twitter stream right now, from folks commenting on the new Facebook terms of service, which indicates that anything a user adds to their account is not only the property of Facebook while the account is active, but remains their property even if removed from the server, and even if the account is deactivated. Two of my favorite tweets:

(missing screenshots of tweets from georgeonline and academicdave)

My new TOS: Anything you think while reading this blog, or after reading this blog, or while contemplating once upon a time having read this blog, becomes my property.

What’s your new TOS?

[UPDATE, 12.32 pm: Amanda French has posted a fantastic comparison of the terms of service of Facebook, MySpace, Flickr, Picasa, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Twitter — and it appears the outrage is well-deserved.]

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