But we're not talking about courts or business agreements, but what research ethics allows.... On May 10, 2011, at 10:38 AM, Peter Timusk wrote:
Courts are above business agreements so your agreement with Facebook does not stop at the Facebook company level and can go to courts and rulings can turn nasty on Facebook if they are nasty. I live in a society governed by laws not men or women or computers. User Agreements are based on laws. Students at my school brought a case against Facebook and forced changed to their privacy practices.
Peter Timusk at571@ncf.ca ptimusk@sympatico.ca web: www.crystalcomputing.net blogs www.cyborgcitizen.org
-----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of jeremy hunsinger Sent: May-10-11 10:51 AM To: Michael Zimmer Cc: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-L] a question about privacy protection and copyright in Internet research
Well what actually happens when you put something on facebook? it isn't like you are sending a private letter to a group of friends. it is much closer to going to a shopping mall where all the video cameras are tracking your every move. It isn't your property you are acting within... it is facebooks, in doing that acting you are agreeing with the terms that they put upon you. It isn't about your or my ethics Michael at that point, it isn't about what we should do or our ethical systems, it is then about the agreement that we consent to.