Now that Oracle owns TikTok, you'll be sued if you cross post your content to other social media after posting on TikTok.
Per "Oracle's Social Media Content User Agreement", by posting in TikTok, you grant Oracle an exclusive unlimited license, including, but not limited to, exclusive redistribution and resale rights. You also grant Oracle all rights on your eternal soul as well as from your descendants, up to the 7th generation. "
Do not fall into the trap of anthropomorphizing Larry Ellison. You need to think of Larry Ellison the way you think of a lawnmower. You don’t anthropomorphize your lawnmower, the lawnmower just mows the lawn - you stick your hand in there and it’ll chop it off, the end. You don’t think "oh, the lawnmower hates me" – lawnmower doesn’t give a shit about you, lawnmower can’t hate you. Don’t anthropomorphize the lawnmower. Don’t fall into that trap about Oracle.
— Bryan Cantrill
It makes me uneasy to let a company that was literally named after a CIA program and given billions of dark money over the years selectively educate our next generation.
Plus, Ellison on surveillance tech: "Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on,”
Don't worry. His son is also odds on favorite to own half of the US broadcast, film, and streaming media via Paramount, CBS and are in talks to purchase Warner Brothers, HBO, Discovery, and all their other cable brands. Oh wait, maybe we should worry about that a little.
I wonder if the license fee will be based on the number of followers. I hope it’s based on real engagement. I don’t want to pay just because a bunch of bots are following me. /s
Per "Oracle's Social Media Content User Agreement", by posting in TikTok, you grant Oracle an exclusive unlimited license, including, but not limited to, exclusive redistribution and resale rights. You also grant Oracle all rights on your eternal soul as well as from your descendants, up to the 7th generation. "