I'll admit it. Arrington and I don't agree on everything. I'm probably a blip on his radar.
On the other hand, I am behind him 110% on his lawsuit against Facebook for misappropriation of his likeness, even if it is an early April Fool's joke.
Why? I'm sick of one company leveraging people's willingness to share information with their friends for profit for lack of a business model to satisfy hungry VCs.
Facebook once had a product. Now they're sacrificing privacy and user respect to give their Chinese investors a ROI. They're even going into CHina despite MarkZ's assertions they wanted to do it the right way w/o becoming another Jerry Yang.
When people trust you with their information, they expect them to not exploit your likeness, especially if you are public figure.
I don't care if this was meant as a joke. It's a serious matter that has failed to be addressed in today's economy and Web 2.0 (god I hate that term) world.
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