Comments on: First Facebook Beacon Lawsuit Hits Blockbuster

By: We are the media « Make It New

We are the media « Make It New — Thu, 01 May 2008 23:09:14 +0000

[...] before we skin companies like Facebook and Blockbuster for dipping into our personal data, we need to remember that the Web is open partly because we made [...]

By: Show Notes: Episode 19 | Orderly Chaos

Show Notes: Episode 19 | Orderly Chaos — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 05:38:54 +0000

[...] Facebook Beacon Lawsuit Hits Blockbuster http://www.techcrunch.com/2008.....ockbuster/ As if Blockbuster didn’t have enough problems trying to justify its existence by making an [...]

By: cobra

cobra — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:06:20 +0000

Good, BB should be taking for this and Facebooks crap service too.

By: Roundup of Thoughts for Today 4.17.08 | Darrel Girardier

Roundup of Thoughts for Today 4.17.08 | Darrel Girardier — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 03:45:15 +0000

[...] Blockbuster Sued For Facebook Beacon Ad: It’s about time. Beacon is absolute nightmare waiting to happen. I am surprised that more people are not outraged by this. Whenever I tell someone about it, they are in total shock. [...]

By: curtisf

curtisf — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:19:56 +0000

I use Blockbuster’s service, it is a far superior product to Netflix (ability to exchange in store very convenient), and they did ask me if they could display information on Facebook. However, I NOW CANNOT OPT OUT!! Oh well, no biggy.

By: Sierra

Sierra — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:53:31 +0000

Two choices here: Delete your FB account altogether like I did and join Flugpo (who speaks out against abuse of privacy rights)

go to mydataismydata.org and get the free plug-in that will block FB cookies

Nice to have choices, huh?

By: smahs

smahs — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:59:35 +0000

yeah bb totally sucks!

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TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » Beacon訴訟第1号がBlockbuster直撃 — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:26:06 +0000

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By: billy

billy — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:25:36 +0000

I hope there is something inside BB’s and/or FB’s tos, privacy policy, etc, that says they can do this sort of thing with people’s account.

I’m sick of everyone blaming someone else. She should’ve got her fat ass off the couch and went to blockbuster (or local video store), instead of using the internet.

Maybe she did rent some movie that she was ashamed of, but how does getting a quick buck solve the problem..it doesn’t. she should get a job instead of trying to figure out who she can sue with some frivolous lawsuit.

By: smahs

smahs — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:11:54 +0000

not using a new, innovative service will not prevent it from being there for all the unsuspecting, ‘nimwitted’ general public.
threatening careless companies behind these innovative and useful services with lawsuits when they overstep sensible lines, is what keeps the innovation going, while checked with the common rights we’ve grown to expect.

by ‘not using’ the service, instead of pushing to improve it, you improve nothing, and deprive yourself of innovations.

enjoy the falling down the stairs part..

By: joe

joe — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:00:19 +0000

Maybe she was embarrassed because she was renting skinemax movies and didn’t want anyone to know. Its a good thing that netflix doesn’t have this app, cuz i could recommend a few dvds , not that anyone would be interested.

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:16:01 +0000

Anyone claiming it is a “social network” and not a “private” or “privacy network” need to stop and think.

I signed up to connect with friends that I lost touch with and maybe meet a few new ones. NOT to publicize my commercial activity.

By: Merredith

Merredith — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:51:36 +0000

As if there were any privacy on a social network. It’s not called a privacy network. However, the point of FB was supposed to be that it was “closedprivate” as opposed to “open social” — hence the raised eyebrows and dismay, if not the lawsuits.

By: r

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:50:15 +0000

@billy, the issue was that you didn’t need to have an app installed to do it. being logged into facebook, while renting a movie at blockbuster.com caused information to be pushed to my public news feed. let me say it again: FB + BB DID THIS W/O ME OPTING-IN IN ANY FORM OR WAY. i didn’t think that signing up for a FB account was enough to push my private rentals to a public site.

this was until the backlash was so severe they changed the model to force people to add applications to accomplish the same functionality.

By: Tim G

Tim G — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:35:27 +0000

Where do I sign up?

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:28:49 +0000

The VPPA violation is pretty clear. BTW, each violation is worth something like $2500 per incident. I wish I was a BB sub that could join this class.

By: Amber

Amber — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:26:02 +0000

Be careful when posting personal information on social network. But lawsuits are non-sense.

By: Wow

Wow — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:24:21 +0000

@billy — That’s all old news. People tried to argue that last year when Bacn first came out. It doesn’t hold water, legally. FB and BB is still liable for whatever is done with your information. The problem was that this was never consented to. On a SocNet you should be able to manage and *control* your personal data. That’s the ethical route — and also the legal one.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:22:43 +0000

I can imagine this happened.

By: billy

billy — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:16:51 +0000

Get we get some background on this woman…kids, married/divorced, welfare, etc?

i’m sick of these retarded lawsuits. Ok, you don’t want your friends to see what you rented at blockbuster, delete the APP. You don’t want your friends knowing anything, DELETE YOUR FB ACCOUNT!

i’m gonna go fall down the stairs now and blame the building.

By: Simon Koldyk

Simon Koldyk — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:14:28 +0000

Ryan & Travis, she’s suing Blockbuster not Facebook because Blockbuster has to have written consent to share that information.

By: Ryan Merket

Ryan Merket — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:08:24 +0000

I think she forgot that Facebook was a “social” network, and not a “personal” network.

By: Travis Reeder

Travis Reeder — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:05:33 +0000

When beacon first came out and Blockbuster started adding my movies into my Facebook profile without me knowing, I was pretty peeved. And to top it off, there’s another related issue that makes all this stuff worse; even if you “Hide Story” on your mini-feed, it doesn’t remove it from your friends main Facebook feed. See this thread: http://forum.developers.facebo.....p?id=13434

Shouldn’t they be suing Facebook instead of Blockbuster?

By: Blue Sunshine

Blue Sunshine — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:57:46 +0000

Stuff like this makes me think that I should delete all of the “Facebook apps” I have now. I only have about 5, but I think that might be 5 too many. It’s turned into spam and advertisements to no end, and what’s worse is that this spam is personally delivered to you through your friends. As if we weren’t bombarded by enough already.

http://www.miscgarbage.com

By: Brick Marketing

Brick Marketing — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:49:01 +0000

Interesting…. just the other day on our Facebook account we saw one of our friends photos as an ad saying “Ryan thinks you should see Drillbit Tailor!” Not sure who it was for but they were definitely using Facebook user’s names/photos to advertise things without their knowledge. There is definitely some issues that need to be addressed.