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Who Owns what you Upload?
Posted in: Websites by koolkat on November 9, 2007
I went to hear Lawrence Lessig speak at the University of Washington. While the topic was Is Google (2008) Microsoft (1998)? I was struck by something unrelated that he mentioned. Many of us upload videos, pictures, even code to various internet sites—often ignoring the terms posted on these sites. These terms typically claim full ownership of everything we upload giving us no rights to what we created. Does this seem fair? Not to me. So, be careful what you upload!
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Just saw this in the Washington Post – people are actually discovering that large commercial companies like FOX TV are using their photos – sometimes legally sometimes not – so pay attention to the fine print and how you mark the rights on your photos. See http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/08/AR2008010804626_pf.html
Comment by Administrator on January 18, 2008 at 7:28 pm
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