Comments on: Twitter’s Pro-Freedom Terms of Service http://libertarianstandard.com/2010/10/12/twitters-pro-freedom-terms-of-service/ Property - Prosperity - Peace Mon, 20 May 2013 06:54:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Misinterpretation of the Twitters’ TOS « cmfn – beats, bits n' bitcheshttp://libertarianstandard.com/2010/10/12/twitters-pro-freedom-terms-of-service/#comment-1191 Misinterpretation of the Twitters’ TOS « cmfn – beats, bits n' bitches Fri, 15 Oct 2010 04:53:23 +0000 http://libertarianstandard.com/?p=6601#comment-1191 [...] Misinterpretation of the Twitters’ TOS In the case of the Twitter TOS, it seems that the terms Twitter stipulates are exactly the pro-freed… [...]

]]> By: LibertarianMindshttp://libertarianstandard.com/2010/10/12/twitters-pro-freedom-terms-of-service/#comment-1180 LibertarianMinds Wed, 13 Oct 2010 06:08:58 +0000 http://libertarianstandard.com/?p=6601#comment-1180 Twitter’s Pro-Freedom Terms of Service http://ff.im/-rWn2A

]]> By: khaglerhttp://libertarianstandard.com/2010/10/12/twitters-pro-freedom-terms-of-service/#comment-1181 khagler Wed, 13 Oct 2010 03:51:51 +0000 http://libertarianstandard.com/?p=6601#comment-1181 This sort of TOS is bad for photographers for reasons having nothing to do with whether you approve of the idea of copyright or not. In the US, photos of people that are used for commercial purposes (in other words, in advertisements) must have a signed photo release from every identifiable person in the photo. If you don’t have a release, that person can sue.

What this means for the Twitter TOS is that they can sell an image without the knowledge or permission of the photographer or the subjects to marketing directors and stock photo agencies. Then, when the subject of a photo finds out about it and sues, the photographer is the one who is on the hook, not Twitter.

No serious photographer is going to upload their photos to Twitter because of this, but sooner or later some poor random person who took a picture of his favorite musician from in front of the stage is going to be screwed over because of it, and he’ll never have any idea that he’s in any danger until it’s too late and he’s filing for bankruptcy.

]]> By: Geoffrey Plauchehttp://libertarianstandard.com/2010/10/12/twitters-pro-freedom-terms-of-service/#comment-1178 Geoffrey Plauche Wed, 13 Oct 2010 01:41:17 +0000 http://libertarianstandard.com/?p=6601#comment-1178 RT @libstandard: New blogpost: The Libertarian Standard » Twitter's Pro-Freedom Terms of Service | http://bit.ly/dus8gH

]]> By: Libertariër Devidashttp://libertarianstandard.com/2010/10/12/twitters-pro-freedom-terms-of-service/#comment-1179 Libertariër Devidas Wed, 13 Oct 2010 01:40:12 +0000 http://libertarianstandard.com/?p=6601#comment-1179 RT @libstandard: New blogpost: The Libertarian Standard » Twitter's Pro-Freedom Terms of Service | http://bit.ly/dus8gH

]]> By: Libertariër Devhttp://libertarianstandard.com/2010/10/12/twitters-pro-freedom-terms-of-service/#comment-1511 Libertariër Dev Wed, 13 Oct 2010 01:40:12 +0000 http://libertarianstandard.com/?p=6601#comment-1511 RT @libstandard: New blogpost: The Libertarian Standard » Twitter's Pro-Freedom Terms of Service | http://bit.ly/dus8gH

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