I took a photo of a couple of friends, and shared it on Flickr under a Creative Commons license. A friend of mine posted it to an album on Facebook.
That is a violation of the license in two ways: My friend did not write that I took the picture (the attribution). No big deal. But also, my friend has now donated the picture to Facebook, and Facebook can do whatever they please with it for eternety. It's in their terms of service. That's a bit bigger deal.
If it was a picture of a tree, I wouldn't mind that much. But the picture is of my two friends, and I wouldn't want them to find themselves in Facebook if they don't want to. According to Norwegian law, you need a person's concent before you can publish a picture of him or her. I think that is a good rule.
Do I blame my friend? Not at all. This story is just an example of how difficult it is to be a digital citizen. The digital tools invite us to do lots of stuff that ideally may not be so smart.
Do I blame Facebook? Yes. It has created a fun service, but it exploits the fact that most people don't read the thirteen (13!) pages of legalese where Facebook hid its greed.
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