LiveJournal is a “web-based service that allows users to create and update online journals and communities” (Livejournal, Inc, 2010). LiveJournal offers seven different account types which range in functionality depending on the type of account it is, including paid accounts, basic accounts and those that give extra features if you allow LiveJournal the right to display ads on your page.
Given the previous discussion about the deletion of GeoCities, it is interesting to note that LiveJournal makes note that they reserve the right to modify or discontinue, whether it be temporarily or permanently, their service at any time without prior notice. So again, what would you do if there were a ‘fire’? Save copies of what you post/share if it is important to you!
LiveJournal states that it cannot control, or be held responsible or liable, for any content that appears on their service. Whilst they don’t screen content that is shared, if content is flagged by another user and is deemed to be of an adult nature, offensive or inappropriate, LiveJournal maintains the right to delete the content without warning.
Now for the important information..
No Control or Liability for User-Generated Content on the Service: LiveJournal claims no ownership or control over any Content posted by its users. The author retains all patent, trademarks, and copyrights to all posted Content, and is fully responsible for protecting said rights. While LiveJournal will comply with all lawful DMCA claims and remove copyright- and/or trademark-protected Content in a timely manner, it is not responsible for policing said rights for its users. By posting Content to LiveJournal, you hereby acknowledge and agree that you have all rights necessary to post such Content (and for LiveJournal to serve such Content) without violation of any laws or regulations, and/or intellectual property or other rights of third parties;
So, in a nutshell, LiveJournal, unlike Facebook, does not want and does not claim ownership of any of the content that its users post. Therefore, if you post personal photos, they remain your photos, LiveJournal does not have a right to them in any way and recognises the user’s copyright of their own content.
Another interesting fact to note is that if an account is permanently deleted, whether by LiveJournal or by a user, this results in permanent removal of all content that has been posted on the journal. Meaning, there is no record of you ever having occupied that space, no photos or personal information stored on a server somewhere, just permanent deletion of everything.
After reading of the atrocities that make up the Facebook TOS, this is quite refreshing. Nice one, LiveJournal!
References
Livejournal, Inc. (2010, December 12). Terms of service. Retrieved January 23, 2011, from Livejournal: http://www.livejournal.com/legal/tos.bml
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