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Not really equivalent, as in a public space you have an expectation of being filmed (at least in the US.) Facebook isn't claiming anyone in those photos has agr
by yebyen 3y ago
Not really equivalent, as in a public space you have an expectation of being filmed (at least in the US.) Facebook isn't claiming anyone in those photos has agreed to anything, the law generally permits it unless the copyright ownership stands in the way. Your presence in any of those photos does not create an explicit grant to rights outside of the implicit grant created by the copyright holder that posts the photo.
- yyt88 3y agoThe photos are not necessarily from public spaces.
- acdha 3y agoI think the degree to which there’s an expectation of privacy is a bit of a distraction from the core issue: Facebook is not claiming that you have any sort of legal agreement with them simply by appearing in your friend’s photo. They’re still going to use it to construct shadow profiles, of course, but if it somehow came up in court they’d say it was your friend’s responsibility to secure rights. It’s not great but what these manufacturers are doing seems to be even worse than Facebook, which is somewhat impressive.