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Your Face Will Soon Be In Facebook Ads
jfruhlinger writes "If you're planning on checking into Starbucks using Facebook Places, your friends may soon see your profile picture in a Facebook ad for Starbucks — and, it goes without saying, you won't be paid a dime. You can't opt out, unless, as Dan Tynan puts it, "studiously avoid clicking "Like" or checking into any place that has a six- or seven-figure ad budget." The ad will also include whatever text you use in your checkin, so Tynan suggests some judicious pranksterism ("Just checked into the Starbucks around the corner and this doppio mocha latte tastes like goat urine")."
My Face won't. Why on earth should I care about anyone's opinion who isn't on Slashdot?
Hoist Number One and Number Six.
You could avoid using facebook altogether.
did you forget to take your meds?
Correct article link
...probably also thinks it's extra cool that they get to be in a Starbucks ad.
that's the reason for the lack of a dislike button
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My "hello.jpg" Facebook photo would make a great ad.
There's no -1 for "I don't get it."
Isn't this illegal in California? They have a law on the books that was lobbied into place by Hollywood, but it's vague enough to be applied to the average Joe. If so class action lawsuit in 5... 4.... 3...
While I agree with the sentiment, what this really demonstrates is that the expectation of privacy needs to be revised to provide some protection. It's one thing if your face ends up in an ad or in the newspaper because it was one in a crowd, and quite another when you're the only person in the picture and they used it without your expressed permission.
Fundamentally there's something wrong with a corporation as large as Starbucks being unable or unwilling to pay for models or get permission directly from the person whom they're wanting to feature.
To all those bashing Facebook saying it has no value: stop it.
Facebook is immensely valuable. No sociological study could be funded on such a scale to determine just how much crap people will put up with from a free service before they stop using the service.
But then the joke will be on those of us that value our privacy. I know too many people that would think it was fantastic having their picture used to promote Starbucks and would sell their soul to stay on Facebook.
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It could be worse, such as photoshopping for hemorrhoid cream:
"Suffering from anal itching, anal ache or pain, especially while sitting? Timex recommends Cool Bung brand rectal relief!"
Or you use a copyrighted image for fb that you don't own the copyright to (and thus couldn't have implictly given to Facebook), wait untill the lawsuits start! I think this idea won't get too far.
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I like this idea. Hilarity would definitely ensue when the Target logo is shown on a Wal-Mart ad, Lowe's in Home Depot, etc. Once company could get free advertising on the competitor's dime!
Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler. - Albert Einstein
Not to jump on anyone's nerd rage too early in the process, but according to Facebook's terms and conditions (easily found via a Google search, but here's a direct link: http://www.facebook.com/terms.php) you do explicitly allow them to use your profile picture in advertising by using their service. Read point 10 - it directly states that you give that permission.
Note that it also says that you can opt out. So regardless of what this fear-mongering ITWorld article says, I would fully expect to retain that capacity. It's not even new - I saw friends pictures appearing in "friend finder" ads long ago, and figured out how to opt out. All that's changing is they're going to sell that service to 3rd parties now.
Most photo studios such as Olin Mills will claim copyright on any photos they take of you. Yes, it is in the contract, but most people don't realize that. I tried having an Olin Mills picture of my mom copied for her memorial. Nobody would do it unless I got express written permission from Olin Mills. I ended up cropping out the stupid "Olin Mills" signature and had no trouble copying it after that. But the amazing thing is that, apparently, Olin Mills and other photography studios have invested large sums of money telling every single copy-jockey in the country not to copy studio photographs. Even the copy counter at the local drugstore wouldn't do it, "Nope,see here where it says 'Olin Mills' at the bottom? Yeah, they own that picture of your dead mom for the next seventy years."
- None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license. -- John Milton
What I mean is that someone using that loophole to get facebook in hot water may result in being banned (and all evidence getting shredded) before anyone has time to file a complaint.
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Facebook: because you're too dumb to own a website and manage rss feeds.
Twitter: because you're too dumb to get into an irc channel.
web2.0: because you're too dumb to notice that internet should be made of protocols not sites.
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Finally my goatse profile pic is going to pay off.
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