Venessa Paech
ownership
On whose terms?
Popular photo sharing network Instagram changed its privacy policy and terms of service last week, and sent the web into a tailspin with the fine print about sweeping rights claims to monetise and re-purpose people’s photos. The Instagram end game looks to be allowing companies to pay to promote themselves to your followers, using photos you took … Continue reading
The ‘O’ word
The recent fracas over the Facebook terms of use revision, user revolt, then re-revision raises interesting questions about who owns community content? The company paying to warehouse it? The person who uploads it? The whole community? No one has it figured out, and there’s a range of opinions. My sense is that it’s a reasoned, practical combination … Continue reading
Venessa with an ’e’
Online community queen, social media scholar, pop culture nerd, choreographer, cat woman, lover of geekery and fine geeks.
