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Sue You Too: Facebook Sued by Power.com

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Facebook dragged social aggregator Power.com to court about six months ago. Though the news was soon followed by whispers of an out-of-court settlement being near, there has been none. Power.com has now decided to take the fight to the opposition by countersuing it.

Power.com allows users to manage their accounts on some of the major social networks on the internet – it removed Facebook after it got sued - through its website. Users don’t even need to register to use the website; instead, they can log in using the id/password combination they use to access any one of their accounts on MySpace, Hi5, Orkut, LinkedIn or Twitter.

Facebook had accused Power.com of using its data without securing prior consent. The former was mainly rankled by the fact that Power.com was storing user credentials.

Power.com has accused Facebook of obstructing users from transferring their data in the fashion they see fit. The social aggregator has requested the court to order Facebook to cease such unlawful, anticompetitive practices and to award monetary damages to the plaintiffs (defendants in the original suit filed by Facebook). Why don’t you be the judge, jury and executioner in the comments section? Give us your take on Data Portability.

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avatar"Power.com has accused

"Power.com has accused Facebook of obstructing users from transferring their data in the fashion they see fit."

And? Facebook is a privately owned company, I don't feel they're obligated to transfer my data however the hell I want. In fact, they have the right not to transfer it to or from ANYONE. I prefer it that way. I really can't understand how Power.com plans to prove it's monopolistic. It's not like with energy, in which people basically need it to survive. Facebook is a luxury that can easily be challenged by anyone with free time or money. So unless they can prove that Facebook is actively deterring people from joining other completely independant sites (as opposed to a leach like Power.com), there's no case here. Being the most popular does not make them a monopoly.

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avatarAs much as I believe in open

As much as I believe in open source, free media, and such... I cannot see how anyone in their right mind would think that it would be a good idea to store users' usernames and passwords for multiple social networking sites. This is just a major hacking waiting to happen. Never mind the fact that many of these users likely have one password for multiple sites, thus possibly granting malicious people access to other sites (such as banking sites).

As for the countersuit- This just reeks of them digging to find some way to get more money. I know that facebook has APIs and other such dev tools to assist sites in connecting with Facebook, and I wouldn't be surprised if facebook would have been willing to compromise with them to allow power.com users much of the same functionality.

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avatarAny idiot willing to use the

Any idiot willing to use the same password for their bank account, as with their social, forum, or Amazon.com account, is a true idiot at heart. Bank account passwords should be the strongest password of the bunch.

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