Monday, February 16, 2009

Facebook Surprise

A friend just sent me a link to the updated Facebook rules on content.

You hereby grant Facebook an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, fully paid, worldwide license (with the right to sublicense) to (a) use, copy, publish, stream, store, retain, publicly perform or display, transmit, scan, reformat, modify, edit, frame, translate, excerpt, adapt, create derivative works and distribute (through multiple tiers), any User Content you (i) Post on or in connection with the Facebook Service or the promotion thereof subject only to your privacy settings or (ii) enable a user to Post, including by offering a Share Link on your website and (b) to use your name, likeness and image for any purpose, including commercial or advertising, each of (a) and (b) on or in connection with the Facebook Service or the promotion thereof.

Same as before, however, they've dropped this section:

You may remove your User Content from the Site at any time. If you choose to remove your User Content, the license granted above will automatically expire, however you acknowledge that the Company may retain archived copies of your User Content.

...which means that they get to keep the rights to your photos, stories, music etc. even after you've deleted the account.

I really have to be more careful about the fine print. You should, too.

Friday, February 13, 2009

The Mourning Kitchen

Time flies when you're not looking at the clock. It's been a long while since I've posted anything and my excuse is as follows. I get distracted easily. The best way to get my attention is to wave something shiny in front of me. 

I suppose that the most recent news is that the album (read collection of songs) is done, with more on the way. The website is nearly ready and the band is cramming for exams.

In the mean time, I've put a couple of covers up on Youtube, go here to see. I've also partnered up with Return Fire and we are in production on a video for Less Than More.

Check out the Facebook page here

I'll still use this space as a catch-all for the various goings-on around here, but like I said earlier I get distracted easily.