Comments on: Bill of Necessities http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/vrm/2007/09/12/bill-of-necessities/ Developing tools for customer independence and engagement with vendors Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:08:07 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Marc’s Voice » Blog Archive » Blogging on this fine day http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/vrm/2007/09/12/bill-of-necessities/comment-page-1/#comment-680 Marc’s Voice » Blog Archive » Blogging on this fine day Thu, 13 Sep 2007 21:14:50 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/vrm/2007/09/12/bill-of-necessities/#comment-680 [...] Doc Searls’ ‘Bill of Necessities’ and Mary Hodder’s Social Media User’s Bill of Rights - take #2 are two posts that are reverberating throughout the blogosphere started with our Bill of Rights for users of the social web. The BoR itself is going through a rewrite its verbiage is completely vetted, consensus is built and we can submit it to the EFF - among others - for support. Mary has changed the way dabble’s EULA reads. Insead of co-ownership, now dabble’s members have FULL ownership and dabble has the right to use that data. Kind of turning the tables on the status quo. [...] [...] Doc Searls’ ‘Bill of Necessities’ and Mary Hodder’s Social Media User’s Bill of Rights – take #2 are two posts that are reverberating throughout the blogosphere started with our Bill of Rights for users of the social web. The BoR itself is going through a rewrite its verbiage is completely vetted, consensus is built and we can submit it to the EFF – among others – for support. Mary has changed the way dabble’s EULA reads. Insead of co-ownership, now dabble’s members have FULL ownership and dabble has the right to use that data. Kind of turning the tables on the status quo. [...]

]]> By: alan herrell - the head lemur http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/vrm/2007/09/12/bill-of-necessities/comment-page-1/#comment-670 alan herrell - the head lemur Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:40:44 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/vrm/2007/09/12/bill-of-necessities/#comment-670 Here is what you should be thinking about if you want to play the social network game. --------------------------- In exchange for my uploading materials to your site, you will receive a Limited, fully revocable, License to Display my materials on your network in the Original, forms as delivered to you, with full attribution to me as the author/copyright holder, for the duration of our engagement, being the period of time that we are entered into this arrangement, evidenced by my use of the username/password you have provided and the space on your network you have made available to me. All others rights are Reserved including, but not limited to, reproduction, modification, distribution outside of the aforementioned space, subsidary public display, public performance, and or derivative works in any format, online or offline. -------------------------- This is just a rough draft of an agreement which is more equitable especially in terms of the reality that they will be placing advertisements around your stuff and you are looking for fame and glory rather than a revenue sharing arrangement. This allows them to continue to grow and it also covers your butt. Here is what you should be thinking about if you want to play the social network game.
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In exchange for my uploading materials to your site, you will receive a Limited, fully revocable, License to Display my materials on your network in the Original, forms as delivered to you, with full attribution to me as the author/copyright holder, for the duration of our engagement, being the period of time that we are entered into this arrangement, evidenced by my use of the username/password you have provided and the space on your network you have made available to me.

All others rights are Reserved including, but not limited to, reproduction, modification, distribution outside of the aforementioned space, subsidary public display, public performance, and or derivative works in any format, online or offline.
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This is just a rough draft of an agreement which is more equitable especially in terms of the reality that they will be placing advertisements around your stuff and you are looking for fame and glory rather than a revenue sharing arrangement. This allows them to continue to grow and it also covers your butt.

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