Could this court case become important? I don't know - I think, in the end, user needs will prevail no matter what the court rules. Still, the case is interesting. What Power.com is trying to do is to allow you to log on to all your social media accounts simultaneously. But Facebook says this violates their terms of service. And in particular, what facebook wants is for people to use the facebook Connect system to log on to Facebook, and not credentials stored in Power.com. Power.com replies that the data belongs to the user and that Facebook has no right to prevent access to it. "Facebook is attempting to prevent Power from providing tools to Internet users that allow those users to exercise ownership and control over their own data." More from Marc Canter.
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