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Re:The Google-Facebook Duopoly Threatens Diversity of Thought by Kalium on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @05:48PM (#15965174)
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?

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Re:The Google-Facebook Duopoly Threatens Diversity of Thought by humanrebar on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @06:53PM (#15965671)
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.
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