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Ur FARKed: Post to Fark, lose your copyright, forever
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by Victoria Revay | April 26, 2007 at 09:19 am
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So you mean to tell me that if I post a clever headline, story, photo or anything else that belongs to me to Fark.com I loose all copyright to Fark.com forever?
[Yes!]
They just re-designed the site and have a new disclaimer that pretty much explains that although they will grant you a license back to your own material [ha!] you are forever barred from selling the material because they own all copyright to it.
Fark.com is the legal owner of all copyright interests of Fark.com content. Each and every submission to Fark.com carries with it an implied assignment of the entire copyright interest in the submission. In exchange for the content and publication of that submission on Fark.com, Fark.com grants back to the submitter a non-exclusive, non-transferable and royalty-free license to republish that submission in any and all forms.
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Victoria Revay
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at 09:31 on April 26th, 2007
Victoria Revay, I like this story. It's good stuff.
A lot of people are using this, including the famed Guy Kawasaki.
Maybe, not such a good idea to use it.
at 09:32 on April 26th, 2007
Good find! I'd either not post with FARK, or just make sure that I didn't submit anything actually creative...
at 09:48 on April 26th, 2007
If you spam them, do they then own the spam?
at 09:58 on April 26th, 2007
They can just Fark off then! :) Good stuff.
at 13:01 on April 26th, 2007
'Loose' shoud be 'lose.' Or 'loosen.' But certainly not 'loose.'
Anyway, I wonder if Fark still owns the content even if you bought the placement?
at 15:07 on April 26th, 2007
Thanks Dave...you're the first one to catch it! I think it's a common mistake though...just 'cause it was me.
at 18:30 on April 26th, 2007
Victoria Revay, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 18:40 on April 26th, 2007
Victoria Revay, I like this story. It's good stuff.
Simply amazing what some companies try to get away with. A simple answer - don't post or visit that site anymore.