Facebook Freebooting

Does SHARING a video (on fb) also infringe or is it the action of downloading and re-uploading?

DK Clews

Well, I ended up having to go back to see power soccer team updates. They won't use email! But a word of caution to all: I had the experience of seeing the scope of my photos that FB has uploaded when I made my "Year in Review" video. I wanted a specific pic, and did not see it. At the time, there was a "Customize" button at the bottom of the template, so I hit it. And then I went to "Access All Photos".. and my jaw hit the floor. FB had photos of my missions in Iraq -- ALL of them, not the select few I had chosen to put in an album. They had gory photos of blown-off limbs, genitalia, guts -- and showing the faces of everyone. Military mission photos, not redacted, that I took in 2004 on a long-gone digital camera, uploaded to a long-dead iMac. When I made that album (in 2007, in Italy), FB had grabbed every photo on my computer. I know this because I have since lost the CD of photos, and the computer was gone. I took a couple of screenshots for proof, but it was very disturbing. The wording of FB's "privacy" (ha!) statement allows FB to access all photos on your device (computer or camera) when you upload. Be careful. Put everything you value and want to protect on your portable hard drive, disconnect, THEN upload what you want. Because otherwise, you've given them the keys to your house.

Kristy

Whoa! You quit facebook!

Smarter Every Day

Hi Destin, did you know that the Bauer Media Group is one of the initiators and enforcing promotors of the German law called "Leistungsschutzrecht" (ancillary copright), which they created against googles news snipets, but enforcing them also on blogger. However facebook is not there only harvesting ground ( <a href="http://www.schoen-und-fein.de/dreister-bilderklau/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://www.schoen-und-fein.de/dreister-bilderklau/</a> ), recycling content without correct linking, asking or even paying is common sence of the Bauer Media Group. Talking to them seems to be a waste of time while they can collect more money on the side adds (10428 EUR for 1/3 A4-page paper add with a volume of 150k) or your example with linked visitors for facebook. The only efficient way is to claim an interim injunction combined with a restrictive covenant/cease and desist agreement. Claiming a portion of the "add-money" or value of the used content is at least in Germany a very long way (up to 3 years) before the court sets a positive verdict for the content robbet prosecutor. It's a bit funny that the motion picture industry is enforcing closing of websites, which are just linking content and facebook, which has listed in there terms and conditions "that you are not allowed to upload content, where you are not the legal owner" still allows the firm to post new or the same content again. At least youtube has a counter, where the poster will be banned after a certain amount of content fraud.

I have spread this message to everyone I know. It was also the last straw; I quit Facebook. Thanks for the "to do" list!

Kristy

Loved reading Enders Game. It is one of those books that sticks with you. And I support you in stopping the Freebooting.

Tim Norman

Thanks for giving us actionable items that we can use to help prevent this!

Cole Palmer

I have successfully avoided Facebook so far, but I have seen this phenomenon run rampant on youtube. Often, but certainly well under 50% of the time, a commenter will point out the original source of the material.

Jim Battle