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Facebook Lets Advertisers Use Pictures Without Permission

Posted by kdawson on from the controlling-rights-to-your-face dept.

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

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

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

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

  5. 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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  6. 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.

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

    Give a cowhardon a break!

    Sounds painful - real painful

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

    As always, XKCD has the answer.

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