Read The Fine Print

News Reader · Post by **News Reader** » September 3rd, 2008, 7:00

Read The Fine Print
This is probably going to be my last post on Chrome today but, since so many of you are interested in the new browser, I thought I would share this story about Chromes ToS (terms of service agreement):

"By submitting, posting or displaying the content you give Google a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any content which you submit, post or display on or through, the services. This license is for the sole purpose of enabling Google to display, distribute and promote the services and may be revoked for certain services as defined in the additional terms of those services."

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Publish Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:09:00 CDT
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buzzmong · Post by **buzzmong** » September 3rd, 2008, 11:57

Ouch

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » September 3rd, 2008, 11:59

buzzmong wrote:

Ouch

Lateralus · Post by **Lateralus** » September 3rd, 2008, 12:20

In English?

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » September 3rd, 2008, 12:24

Lateralus wrote:In English?

Sounds like google wants to rights to own everything you do in the browser, might just be to make a client side googlebot, might be much more evil.

buzzmong · Post by **buzzmong** » September 3rd, 2008, 12:25

Lateralus wrote:In English?

If you use Chrome they own your soul.

Stoat · Post by **Stoat** » September 3rd, 2008, 12:28

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:Sounds like google wants to rights to own everything you do in the browser, might just be to make a client side googlebot, might be much more evil.

That wouldn't be display, distribution or promotion though. Sounds more like an advanced AdSense to me, and the source-code sifters will find that if it's in there.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » September 3rd, 2008, 12:30

Stoat wrote:That wouldn't be display, distribution or promotion though. Sounds more like an advanced AdSense to me, and the source-code sifters will find that if it's in there.

Dunno, if they use you to feed them what you're posting, that'd certainly be display and distribute (on google)

whatever, stinks of evil.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » September 3rd, 2008, 12:47

So does this mean they own blog posts made through the browser, as an example?

It does sound very suspect anyway. I wouldn't be surprised if, in 10 years time, the Earth itself was renamed Google Earth.

Post by **TezzRexx** » September 3rd, 2008, 13:35

spoodie wrote:So does this mean they own blog posts made through the browser, as an example?

Sounds like it.
Could be a very sticky situation though if Google tries to claim ownership of images that the user doesn't own, i.e. screen caps of films, pictures of cocks etc

Either way, Chrome sounds major fail

Post by **Dog Pants** » September 3rd, 2008, 14:12

http://www.5punk.co.uk/phpbb/viewtopic. ... 348#151348

Instincts: Correct

Post by **HereComesPete** » September 3rd, 2008, 18:07

Google is skynet! They make a quick burst from cover and their true form is momentarily seen!

The robotic megalomaniac despot is rising further from the internet morass that has hidden it's form, much like skywalker getting the x-wing from the swamp.

/dons another tin-foil hat.

Post by **Dog Pants** » September 3rd, 2008, 18:09

HereComesPete wrote:The robotic megalomaniac despot is rising further from the internet morass that has hidden it's form, much like skywalker getting the x-wing from the swamp.

/dons another tin-foil hat.

I think you saw RO-BO.

Post by **HereComesPete** » September 3rd, 2008, 18:10

One does not merely see RO-BO! One experiences RO-BO in a profound and fatal sense!

amblin · Post by **amblin** » September 3rd, 2008, 18:26

Post by **Dog Pants** » September 3rd, 2008, 18:29

Heh, I used to work on Skynet 4. Wasn't all that clever.

Post by **HereComesPete** » September 3rd, 2008, 18:45

The actual skynet is weak sauce. A shell system created to shock with the name, but then lull us with it's mediocrity.

Enigmas inside conundrums, layers within layers, you open the door to find it's closed! Staring at the world with your eyes wide shut!

Sorry, I'll calm down now.

Post by **FatherJack** » September 3rd, 2008, 22:07

It's indexing. Not only do they want to index the entire internets, all of the intranets (Google desktop) but everything everyone ever does ever on the internet (ever).

You can view it as a wonderful snapshot of our times, forever ingraved in silicon for all the future to see, or a sinister, embarrasing trace of everything you ever did on the internet, including ancient posts you had long since forgotten about.

Even so, it's already here - if the little smear I made on the interwebs in 1994 still exists as data somewhere, it's likely everything all of us ever did is in there, too.

Baliame · Post by **Baliame** » September 4th, 2008, 12:00

FatherJack wrote:Embarrasing trace of everything you ever did on the internet

Oh noes, Google is spying on my porn!

Stoat · Post by **Stoat** » September 4th, 2008, 12:06

Baliame wrote:Oh noes, Google is spying on my porn!

Not even the FBI spies on your porn. That shit's freaky.