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> They forced us in high school to use a service called “TurnItIn” which I really disliked because they took ownership of your writing They store a copy of the

by Evidlo 5y ago

> They forced us in high school to use a service called “TurnItIn” which I really disliked because they took ownership of your writing They store a copy of the work, but I don't think anybody claims that copyright actually transfers from the student to TurnItIn.

jon-wood 5y ago
This is probably similar to the posts that regularly do the rounds claiming Facebook are asserting ownership of any photos or text you post to Facebook, when if you read the terms what they're actually saying is that by posting your giving them license to publish that content (because without that license any time they showed your photo to another user they'd be breaching your copyright).
- s_dev 5y ago
  >This is probably similar to the posts that regularly do the rounds claiming Facebook are asserting ownership of any photos or text you post to Facebook Maybe it's true that FB don't own these right but they certainly did try. I recall a huge user campaign against Facebook who were brining out a new update to their ToS regarding photo ownership back in circa 2011. They ultimately backed down. I can't find it after Googling though.
- hedora 5y ago
  Facebook lets third parties use your photos in ads. The TOS publishing clause probably covers that and other usages: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/facebook-using-profile-photos-privacy-policy-rule/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/facebook-using-profile-pho...
fossuser 5y ago
> “ We are free to use any ideas, concepts, techniques, know-how in your Communications for any purpose, including, but not limited to, the development and use of products and services based on the Communications.” https://www.zdnet.com/article/turnitin-if-youre-a-student-all-your-intellectual-property-might-belong-to-us/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/turnitin-if-youre-a-student-al...
- FranchuFranchu 5y ago
  > be me > want to pirate best-seller book > create alt account in turnitin > publish pirated copy of book in turnitin > turnitin acquires permission to use book > buy intellectual property of book from turnitin for cheap > become millionaire selling IP of book.
anonymoushn 5y ago
The entire value of the product comes from a corpus of student papers. The students are not compensated for their contribution to the company. Instead, their contribution is secured by extortion.

by Evidlo 5y ago

jon-wood 5y ago

This is probably similar to the posts that regularly do the rounds claiming Facebook are asserting ownership of any photos or text you post to Facebook, when if you read the terms what they're actually saying is that by posting your giving them license to publish that content (because without that license any time they showed your photo to another user they'd be breaching your copyright).

s_dev 5y ago
>This is probably similar to the posts that regularly do the rounds claiming Facebook are asserting ownership of any photos or text you post to Facebook Maybe it's true that FB don't own these right but they certainly did try. I recall a huge user campaign against Facebook who were brining out a new update to their ToS regarding photo ownership back in circa 2011. They ultimately backed down. I can't find it after Googling though.
hedora 5y ago
Facebook lets third parties use your photos in ads. The TOS publishing clause probably covers that and other usages: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/facebook-using-profile-photos-privacy-policy-rule/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/facebook-using-profile-pho...

fossuser 5y ago

> “ We are free to use any ideas, concepts, techniques, know-how in your Communications for any purpose, including, but not limited to, the development and use of products and services based on the Communications.” https://www.zdnet.com/article/turnitin-if-youre-a-student-all-your-intellectual-property-might-belong-to-us/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/turnitin-if-youre-a-student-al...

FranchuFranchu 5y ago
> be me > want to pirate best-seller book > create alt account in turnitin > publish pirated copy of book in turnitin > turnitin acquires permission to use book > buy intellectual property of book from turnitin for cheap > become millionaire selling IP of book.

anonymoushn 5y ago

The entire value of the product comes from a corpus of student papers. The students are not compensated for their contribution to the company. Instead, their contribution is secured by extortion.