Re:The Google-Facebook Duopoly Threatens Diversity of Thought
by humanrebar on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @05:30PM
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> What might be of larger concern is the IP licensing aspect.
If that's the larger concern, then why isn't it a concern for text or images?
Lots of photographers would love Facebook-enforced DRM for the wedding photos they haven't licensed.
No, it makes more sense to assume the concern is pursuing consumer and creator lock-in through vertical integration.
Re:The Google-Facebook Duopoly Threatens Diversity of Thought
by Kalium on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @05:48PM
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You are, obviously and of course, correct that Facebook stands to benefit from lock-in.
Perhaps I fail to understand the IP issues correctly. Users uploading wedding photos to Facebook that they claim they have the rights to is in the same category, legally, as the videos that users claim they own the rights to. Both get the same (lack of) concern.
That's my understanding, at least. Does your differ?
Re:The Google-Facebook Duopoly Threatens Diversity of Thought
by humanrebar on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @06:53PM
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On a legal level, you are correct. On a practical level, people are able to share text and image files without consequences while companies like facebook and google provide tools to detect and proactively police copyright infringement in audio and video files.
What might be of larger concern is the IP licensing aspect. Users uploading video and indemnifying Facebook against their dubious claims of ownership is questionable. It's possible that what you suggest might run afoul of copyright concerns, as well as the business model reasons you so correctly point to.