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[frannyan]

To those who know more legalese then I do...


Kiwi: Did you know we're apparently not allowed to use AIM to show stuff we don't own the rights to?
Fran: .. huh?
Kiwi:So we're technically not allowed to stick a movie screen and say "THIS LOOKS COOL"
Kiwi:they updated their TOS
Fran: phht.
Fran: Fair use policy.
Kiwi:I wanna know how they'd KNOW
Kiwi:Although you or the owner of the Content
retain ownership of all right, title and interest in Content that you
post to any AIM Product, AOL owns all right, title and interest in any
compilation, collective work or other derivative work created by AOL
using or incorporating this Content. In addition, by posting Content on
an AIM Product, you grant AOL, its parent, affiliates, subsidiaries,
assigns, agents and licensees the irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide
right to reproduce, display, perform, distribute, adapt and promote
this Content in any medium. You waive any right to privacy. You waive
any right to inspect or approve uses of the Content or to be
compensated for any such uses."
Kiwi:...how?
Fran: .. whoa...
Fran: THat's... not legal.. I don't think.
Fran: yeah.. very not legal.
Kiwi:I still wanna know how they'd even GET the content.
Kiwi:Does this mean they own our RPs?
Fran: Only in their dreams.
Fran: If they ever tried acting upon this...
Kiwi: Yeah, I think people'll go nuts
Kiwi: but does it mean they're reading all our conversations (or at least trying to?) 'cause that's what its SUGGESTING (note: I doubt they even have enough STAFF to do that so...)

Comments

[sennet.livejournal.com]

That, in this day and age, is like a layman broadcasting your personal phonecalls over a loudspeaker. Ain't really legal.

[mostlyarmless.livejournal.com]

It's perfectly legal.. You agree to use their service, they therby can use whatever you type into it as theirs if they change it enough to make it a "compilation" which isn't a very legal word. It's still your story, but AOL could change it enough, if they wanted to, and use it. Personally I don't think they care, nor do they have enough staff to read it (but they do have enough space to record it should they want I guess) .

[mostlyarmless.livejournal.com]

http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/05/03/11/2359226.shtml?tid=120&tid=158&tid=17

apparently they can take anything they want. a friend of mine suggests GAIM. I thin it's time to take them up on the idea.