It's Me, In an Ad, On Facebook. Is This Legal? Allowed? Who Knows?

Re:It's Me, In an Ad, On Facebook. Is This Legal? Allowed? W... by w1ntermute on Monday July 25, 2011 @12:24AM (#2801336)

But doesn't Facebook claim ownership of the copyright if you upload a photo to its site?

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Re:It's Me, In an Ad, On Facebook. Is This Legal? Allowed? W... by kmavm on Monday July 25, 2011 @12:37AM (#2801363)

No.

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Re:It's Me, In an Ad, On Facebook. Is This Legal? Allowed? W... by darklajid on Monday July 25, 2011 @03:59AM (#2801767)

Ignoring the other answers about the legal aspect: He _didn't_ upload that picture to Facebook anyway.

The article states, that this was the cover picture of one of his books.

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Re:It's Me, In an Ad, On Facebook. Is This Legal? Allowed? W... by edanm on Monday July 25, 2011 @10:42AM (#2802788)

He doesn't say that it wasn't uploaded to Facebook, he says it wasn't a profile picture.

I would think this was a nitpick, except he specifically said "not a profile picture" so my guess is he did upload it to Facebook.

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Re:It's Me, In an Ad, On Facebook. Is This Legal? Allowed? W... by thinkcomp on Monday July 25, 2011 @12:25AM (#2801338)

I don't know. But it doesn't matter. It's an AppSumo ad.

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Re:It's Me, In an Ad, On Facebook. Is This Legal? Allowed? W... by troels on Monday July 25, 2011 @03:36AM (#2801732)

How could they? He says clearly that the copyright is held by a photographer - not him self.

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