For all my friends stop and read. They still can do what they want. , Facebook users cannot retroactively negate any of the privacy or copyright terms they agreed to when they signed up for their accounts, nor can they unilaterally alter or contradict any new privacy or copyright terms instituted by Facebook, simply by posting a contrary legal notice on their Facebook walls. Moreover, the fact that Facebook is now a publicly traded company (i.e., a company that has issued stocks which are traded on the open market) or an open capital entity has nothing to do with copyright protection or privacy rights. Any copyright or privacy agreements users of Facebook have entered into with that company prior to its becoming a publicly traded company or changing its policies remain in effect: they are neither diminished nor enhanced by Facebooks public status. Before you can use Facebook, you must indicate your acceptance of that social networks legal terms, which includes its privacy policy and its terms and policies. You cannot neither alter your acceptance of that agreement nor restrict the rights of entities who are not parties to that agreement simply by posting a notice to your Facebook account, citing the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC), or referencing the Berne Convention. (One of the common legal talismans referenced above is UCC Section 1-308, which has long been popular among conspiracy buffs who incorrectly maintain that citing it above your signature on an instrument will confer upon you the ability to invoke extraordinary legal rights.) Read more at snopes/computer/facebook/privacy.asp... Facebook Privacy Notice Rumor: Posting a legal notice on your Facebook page will protect your copyright and privacy rights. SNOPES.COM
Posted on: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 04:37:46 +0000