Can someone provide clarity on data ownership ? Can we make it so the data can’t be sold, monetized or used in any detrimental way towards society via an ELA?
Can someone provide clarity on data ownership ? Can we make it so the data can’t be sold, monetized or used in any detrimental way towards society via an ELA?
Says who? Just because I download a copy of a photo from Getty Images doesn’t mean I now own the copyright on it or I can do whatever I want with it. The image needs to be licensed to me, and the terms of the license dictate exactly what I can do with it.
You can grant federated instances a license to download and display your content without the right to monetize, package it, or distribute it in certain ways. This is what licensing was made for.
Instance owners can make each other agree to a license before federating.
If they were to add an EULA or privacy policy it would most likely say that by using Lemmy you agree to make all your content public domain. If you do not agree, then don’t use Lemmy. Probably a good idea to make it explicit.
As others have noted there’s no way to do otherwise in the fediverse.