Following a hoax post that went viral, Facebook has reassured its users that they, not the company, own the copyright to the content they post on the social network.This weekend, a number of users on the site began re-posting the viral status update proclaiming that users, not Facebook, own the copyrights to their content. The viral post implies that Facebook owns the copyright.
http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-facebook-copyright-hoax-20121126,0,3384882.storyAlso see:‘New Facebook Guidelines’ Chain Letter About Copyright Laws Still A Hoax
Users who’ve logged onto Facebook in the last 24 hours may have seen friends posting a message about “New Facebook Guidelines.” The message urges others to copy and paste the post, lest the company use their content for commercial use without their permission.But users shouldn’t be so quick to post the message to their own Facebook walls: Experts say the chain letter is just another hoax.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/26/new-facebook-guidelines-chain-letter-hoax_n_2192673.htmlYou Can Stop Spreading That Facebook Notice Now
For the last couple of days, my Facebook timeline, and probably yours, has been filled with repetitions of a peculiar piece of boilerplate text, from all kinds of friends. It goes something like this:
http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/26/you-can-stop-spreading-that-facebook-notice-now/Don’t fall for the Facebook privacy notice hoax
Have you posted the notice to your Facebook timeline to proclaim your copyright ownership of all content? Have you seen others from your social network posting such a notice? If you haven’t already, don’t bother. It’s a hoax.It’s not even a new hoax. It’s a resurgence of an old hoax that many users fell for earlier this year when Facebook became a publicly-traded company. The previous hoax implied that the change from a private company to a public one somehow changed the rules of the privacy agreement and put your posts and photos at risk unless you posted a copy and paste of a disclaimer establishing your copyright ownership.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2016911/don-t-fall-for-the-facebook-privacy-notice-hoax.htmlFacebook privacy chain letter resurfaces
Hoaxes are hard things to put down — particularly when they seem to offer something that people want. to hear. Such is the case with the latest Facebook hoax, actually a rehash of one that cropped up in June, that claims users can change their copyright rights by simply posting a status message.The post illustrates both how little users know about their digital rights and how much they want clear control over content they post to Facebook.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/facebook-privacy-chain-letter-resurfaces/2012/11/26/8c27bd94-3801-11e2-8a97-363b0f9a0ab3_story.html