Today’s lecture we pretty sweeet. Really it was. Bravo for whose ever idea it was on this topic. I found listening to this hippy really interesting. And duude I’m not being sarcastic. Adam Muir his name was and he talked about New Media & the Internet. It was really interesting. I had no idea there was an internet crash before the 90's and apparently because of that there is a new internet called Web 2.0. He talked about how there are many theorist out there that have studied the internet before it became popular and how there were virtual communities being formed.
This I thought was very interesting. I already knew about individual identity and how people use the internet to show who they are. For example, this blog and how it is laid out and compares it to someone else’s who has completely re-arranged their blog and put in a different background picture. We both have different identities. The hippy raised some really interesting questions at the end of his lecture that we were going to discuss in the tutorials like - Who owns the content you put on the internet such as on Facebook, YouTube or MySpace, and, do you own the rights to this stuff.
Listening to other peoples view about these 2 question in the tutorial we very surprising. Most people believe, like me, that we have no right to stuff we put on the internet. Once it’s up they have every right to do what ever they please with it. And that’s kind of freaky when you really think about it. I really wouldn't like some Facebook employee using my photos they way they like without my permission. Some people in my class have even said they've had people use their pictures without their permission on other website and you have to send and email to the headquarters to have it taken down. Weird right?? Anyways, all in all this was a very good lecture and the hippy did a really good job. I hope we do get to listen to him some more soon!!
Before I go, my group and I have finally decided on a rumour we are making for our "Culture Jamming" assignment. I'm not gonna give too much away but we all feel very passionate about this topic and we think something should be done about it. It’s something to do with.......drum roll please.......PARKING!!! Your probably thinking "Why they hell would they choose to do parking"?? Well, your just gonna have to wait and see what we are going to do with parking and hopefully a newspaper will pick it up!!!!
Tutespark -
Who owns the content you put on the internet on various sites? -
That content that we (users) put up on any website is not ours to own. No mater what we put up or displayed such as putting up videos or photos, music and even comments. Usually in the terms and conditions (which most people never read), it clearly states that anything we put up belongs to the website. For example Facebook, here is what part of their terms and conditions say on what belongs to us and what belongs to them -
1. 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 ("IP License"). This IP License ends when you delete your IP content or your account unless your content has been shared with others, and they have not deleted it (Facebook.com 2010).
2. When you delete IP content, it is deleted in a manner similar to emptying the recycle bin on a computer. However, you understand that removed content may persist in backup copies for a reasonable period of time (but will not be available to others) (Facebook.com 2010).
We don't have any right to anything we put on. Companies have every right to do what they want with it to. If they want to use you comments to turn into a book then they will do that. You won't get any royalties or anything.
This includes pictures, video, text, etc? -
Yes! This includes EVERYTHING we put up on any website no matter what it is from videos to photos to music. As I stated before in question 1, we don't have any right with what happens to our information. Companies have every right to do what they want with it.
Think about all the content you upload onto social networking sites - Do you own it? -
Technically speaking No! Even though we took the photos or video and the bio and information is all about us, once it goes on to a website like Facebook then THEY own it. That’s where allot of people get confused. They say they own and no one has any right to use their stuff with out their permission but legally companies can because of what is said in their Terms and Conditions.
Who has the right to use your creations? -
Companies have every right to use our creations as it's usually stated in their Terms & Conditions. If they what to use your photo as an advertising campaign then they will, without your permission, If they want to sell your information, again they can without your permission. We, as users, don't have any legal right with what happens to our information once we have uploaded it to the company’s website.
References -
Facebook.com (2010) Terms & Conditions
Retrieved at: http://www.facebook.com/terms.php
(Online) 7th September 2010
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