Week 6: Tutespark- Who owns it?

Who owns what we post on the Internet?

It is a question that many do not think about and with the ever growing amount of users on the internet, everyone should know who owns and controls what they post and the rights they have to the content they put on the internet.






Who owns your Facebook content?

Facebook states that,
"You own all of the content and information you post on Facebook, and you can control how it is shared through your privacy and application settings. In addition: For content that is covered by intellectual property rights, like photos and videos ("IP content"), you specifically give us the following permission, subject to your privacy and application settings: you grant us a non-exclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, worldwide license to use any IP content that you post on or in connection with Facebook."

So in a way we partly own what we put on Facebook, we can choose specific privacy settings but any content that is covered by intellectual property rights, is the ownership of Facebook.

Who owns blogger content?

Much like Facebook, Blogger states that you are responsible for what you post on your blog, although Blogger in relation to intellectual property rights state that,
" You acknowledge that Google owns all right, title and interest in and to the Service, including all intellectual property rights."

MySpace ownership:

MySpace ownership is adversely different to that of Facebook and Blogger. In Myspace's term and conditions it is stated that,
"you own the Content posted by you on, through or in connection with the MySpace Services, or otherwise have the right to grant the license set forth in this Section 6, and (ii) the posting of your Content on, through or in connection with the MySpace Services and/or Linked Services does not violate the privacy rights, publicity rights, copyrights, contract rights or any other rights of any person or entity. You agree to pay for all royalties, fees, and any other monies owing any person or entity by reason of the use of any Content posted by you on or through the MySpace Services and/or Linked Services."

Although many users of the Internet think that posting a Facebook status or sharing a blog is a harmless act, the reality is that they really don't know who has the rights to the internet content they post. It is purely a simple act of viewing the terms and conditions of the site that is being used, in order to view this information and have the knowledge of the ownership rights granted to your work.

URLS:

http://thenextweb.com/2009/02/16/facebook-owns-literally-put-facebook/
http://www.facebook.com/terms.php
http://www.blogger.com/content.g
http://www.blogger.com/terms.
http://www.myspace.com/Modules/Common/Pages/TermsConditions.aspx