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Just read Facebook's T&Cs then.. 

In Adobe to remove Photoshop pic pimping clause

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"By posting User Content to any part of the Site, you automatically grant...to the Company an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, fully paid, worldwide license (with the right to sublicense) to use, copy, publicly perform, publicly display, reformat, translate, excerpt (in whole or in part) and distribute such User Content for any purpose, commercial, advertising, or otherwise...to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works...and to grant and authorize sublicenses of the foregoing."

Very similar to the Christmas 'ElfYourself' site T&C's actually, although that one had a friendly wording version (ie. plain english) - which said clearly stated something like: "we can use your mugshots and modify/change them for any purpose, including advertising products which you may have a moral objection to."

So, both Facebook and the ElfYourself site could use your face, stick it onto a nude body (rather than an Elf!) and advertise some Adult content, if they so wished.

Surprised no-one has complained about this before then...

Actually - found a copy of those T&C's on a blog post @ http://andyriga.wordpress.com/2007/12/06/elf-yourself-a-merry-christmas/

"Registrants automatically grant...a non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, sublicensable (through multiple tiers), assignable, fully paid, royalty free, worldwide license to use, copy, modify, adapt, publish, make, sell, create derivative works of or incorporate into other works such Registrant Content, derive revenue or other remuneration from, communicate to the public, distribute (through multiple tiers), perform or display such Registrant Content (in whole or in part) and/or to incorporate such Registrant Content in other works in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed, and to grant and authorize sublicenses of the foregoing through multiple tiers of sublicensees, including the right to exercise the copyright, publicity, and any other rights over any of the materials contained in such Registrant Content for any purpose, including for purposes of advertising and publicity on the Website and elsewhere. OfficeMax shall not be limited in any way in its use, commercial or otherwise, of any such Registrant Content, and Registrants hereby waive any moral rights in, or approval rights to, such Registrant Content. Further, we have the explicit right to incorporate any Registrant Content posted to the Website or otherwise conveyed by any Registrant to OfficeMax into any further work, in any medium, without prior consent or review, and without payment of any royalty or fee whatsoever."

Scary innit?

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