[Air-L] a question about privacy protection and copyright in Internet research

[Michael Zimmer]

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 at ncf.ca
> ptimusk at sympatico.ca
> web: www.crystalcomputing.net
> blogs www.cyborgcitizen.org
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of jeremy hunsinger
> Sent: May-10-11 10:51 AM
> To: Michael Zimmer
> Cc: air-l at 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.   
> 
>