Yeah, right. How and who exactly would they hand that over to, given that there are privacy settings on the photos that people expect to have respected?
Sarcasm son....
You'd be surprised at how many people assume these bigcos are open to doing the right thing when they're shutting down.
Hey, I've still got my complimentary MySpace zip file kicking around somewhere.
I had a hard drive crash on me with all of my photos some years back and my "backup" strategy failed. Dumping a myspace backup got me some of my most precious photos back. Thanks MySpace!
Even more. Most people don't even realize that things like FB aren't eternal.
It isn't even clear what "the right thing" is here.