Earlier last week when the Facebook controversy started, I contacted TechCrunch to get some questions answered before I responded, because I know they have experience in talking to service-providers. After speaking with TechCrunch, and not responding to Facebook’s take-down request, my account was disabled. I finally responded and, after a few emails, agreed to remove the code from my website (for fear of legal intervention, and to get my Facebook account back).
TechCrunch ran a story today detailing the controversy and the implications surrounding it. It is great to see that others have the same ideas as I do and agree with me on some levels.
So check out the article, Facebook: Opening Up, But on Its Own Terms!
P.S.: NYTimes Tech section picked up the story as well: Closing the Open Facebook
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Someone has put the code up on digg:
http://digg.com/programming/Facebook_Status_Update_Code
In case you were regretting having to take it down.
I would like to hear Facebook’s side of it, but I’m not going to hold my breath.