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Facebook Lets Advertisers Use Pictures Without Permission

Krokz sends in an LA Times piece that begins "A warning is bouncing through cyberspace today, landing on the Facebook statuses of many of the social networking site's users. The message: 'Facebook has agreed to let third party advertisers use your posted pictures without your permission.' It continues with a prescription of how you can protect your photos." The attention-grabbing incident in this furor involved a married woman, whose photo appeared in an ad for a dating service that was presented to her husband to view. Fortunately, both husband and wife had a sense of humor about it.

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  1. Big deal by sakdoctor · · Score: 4, Funny

    Apart from goatse, I don't have any pictures on facebook.

    1. Re:Big deal by Kifoth · · Score: 5, Funny

      Change your profile pic to a text image reading 'DON'T BUY THIS PRODUCT!' Then set your privacy settings to be as accommodating to advertisers as possible :)

    2. Re:Big deal by papaskunk · · Score: 2, Funny

      What is this goatse? Is there a picture or something you can show me so I can get an idea of what you're talking about?

    3. Re:Big deal by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      On the hole, I'd say that looking at it is not that big of a deal.

    4. Re:Big deal by machine321 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Not only that, you'll start seeing Goatse EVERYWHERE. Business logos, childrens' television shows, family photos...

      Granted, Goatse is a family photo, but still.

    5. Re:Big deal by zippthorne · · Score: 2, Funny

      There is a way, but you're not going to be able to do it.

      Long term memory is formed from the short term memories that you keep recalling. So, if you want to forget something, the obvious way to do it is to not think about it. A lot.

      And there's the problem. You can try not to think about something as much as you want, but you're only going to end up getting your city destroyed by a hundred foot tall marshmallow monster.

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    6. Re:Big deal by dgbrownnt · · Score: 4, Funny

      I had a image on my site hotlinked without permission by a political website. I 302'd the image to a t-shirt of the opposite political views (but only if they viewed from that site). Fun ensued :)

  2. Jimmy Buffett (actually, Rupert Holmes) by flaming+error · · Score: 1, Funny

    I was tired of my lady,
    We've been together too long.
    Like a worn-out recording,
    Of a favorite song.
    So while she lay there sleeping,
    I read the paper in bed.
    And in the personals column,
    There was this letter I read:

    "If you like Pina Coladas,
    And getting caught in the rain.
    If you're not into yoga,
    If you have half-a-brain.
    If you like making love at midnight,
    In the dunes of the cape.
    I'm the lady you've looked for,
    Write to me, and escape."

    1. Re:Jimmy Buffett (actually, Rupert Holmes) by palindrome · · Score: 5, Funny

      If you're now bored of Slashdot
      Because your posts are always wrong
      Why not spend your time on there
      posting lyrics of old songs.
      So while you should be sleeping,
      or reading papers in bed
      you confuse people normal people
      who aren't completely brain dead.

      "If you like Pina Coladas
      And getting caught in the rain
      then you're pretty simple
      and you've got half a brain
      If you like making love at midnight,
      In the dunes of the cape.
      Then you're just too specific
      And I'd question if you're sane."

      I think the depth of those tossed off lyrics touch all of our hearts. Remember when you have no opinions of your own then lyrics are just as good.

  3. Re:Holy Cow! by religious+freak · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ok, you heard it here first - Anonymous Coward for thinks Stayfree Maxi Pads are the best [insert pic]

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  4. Re:Holy Cow! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hey, that's Anonymous Cowardon to you pal!!

  5. Re:Holy Cow! by Anonymous+CowHardon · · Score: 5, Funny

    Careful there, you're almost treading on my new handle!

  6. Re:facebook generation by palindrome · · Score: 2, Funny

    29? You're a grandpa, live with it. I'm 31 and have learned to deal with the youth-focus of society.

    That said, grandparent is a spastic... I just blew my own mind with ageism C4.

    (also it's the internet you idiot, you post it the world sees it (and Facebook is shit))

    If anyone can trace the focus of this post then please let me know - issues when I agree with both sides make me a confused and angry old man.

  7. Re:Sense of humor? by couchslug · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Frankly, after all the very public warnings about facebook I have no sympathy for anyone foolish enough to use their service."

    That's why I post my personal pics to 4chan where they will be respected!

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    "This post is an artistic work of fiction and falsehood. Only a fool would take anything posted here as fact."
  8. Re:Holy Cow! by religious+freak · · Score: 3, Funny

    Give a cowhardon a break!

    Sounds painful - real painful

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  9. bustedpartysluts.com by Brother+Seamus · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...what if you go for a job and they recognise you from a site you have nothing to do with called bustedpartysluts.com?

    If I recognize an applicant from bustedpartysluts.com, she's almost certainly going to be hired.

  10. Oh yeah. by gigabites2 · · Score: 2, Funny
    From TFA

    ... it means that your married face could end up on a sexy singles ad...

    Where do I sign?

  11. Re:Holy Cow! by Anonymous+CowHardon · · Score: 2, Funny

    MOO!

  12. Re:Holy Cow! by Anonymous+CowHardon · · Score: 2, Funny

    Of course. The hardon is FOR the cow, you insensitive clod!

  13. Snopes by sconeu · · Score: 4, Funny

    As always, XKCD has the answer.

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  14. Re:Hmmm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    hahah... "decent world not populated by sick fucks"... please give me the 7 symbols to that planet so i can gate there....