Facebook has quietly changed their terms of service. Facebook has changed their TOS to now make all content which you post their property EVEN after you delete your account. That is incredible to think they have the guts to do that. Is their much you can do about it – besides quitting facebook not really.
What people need to remember is Facebook is a free service. As a result their duty of care to their users is different then if they were a paid service. Their TOS clearly states that the TOS can change at anytime without warning. In essence this is what they have done.
Do I agree with it – not not really.
The question is how do you meaintain and control your own content:
1. If you use photo sites use a paid account. The TOS is different then for a free account.
2. Maintain your website on your own domain on a web hosting provider which you pay for.
3. Maintain your own blog on a service which you also maintain.
4. Maintain the copyright to your own material. License using a creative commons license.
It makes no sense that Facebook would risk messing up a good thing by edging in on people's intellectual property. They had people's trust and then they go and risk losing it; not smart.
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