4 ms·

Nothing seems especially horrible here, they're basically saying that if you submit things to their distribution network (whatever it is, I honestly have no ide

Nothing seems especially horrible here, they're basically saying that if you submit things to their distribution network (whatever it is, I honestly have no idea) that they can then distribute it worldwide. A little strange that they don't allow you to terminate it at some point but that's probably to ensure growth of whatever this Store thing is going to be. But I mean, no one had a gun to your head about writing Oculus software anyway, so...

eterm 11y ago
Among other rights it includes the right to "adapt" (i.e. modify), so it isn't just about distribution rights.
- Bjartr 11y ago
  If you upload an image, and they want to re-encode it, or create a thumbnail for it, they need that right assigned to them it they're infringing copyright.
- onion2k 11y ago
  In the case of software content, that would include automatically recompiling the content that you upload to a new target format in the future, so if Oculus develop a new way of deploying content in 5 years time they won't have to bin everything people have uploaded. It's not really any different to Youtube asking for a license to transcode video content in to new formats. They could ask only for the right to do that sort of thing, but a more broad language covers things no one will have thought of. It's not (necessarily) evil.
- threeseed 11y ago
  Creating a thumbnail, re-encoding, rounding corners, borders, auto enhance etc. I can think of a million ways websites modify user's photos. Likewise for uploaded text they filter for black words, auto trim, strip XSS/SQL attacks etc. All of this is "adapting".
- deleted 11y ago
  [deleted]
- sjtgraham 11y ago
  Consider this example: If you upload some screenshots of your app to an app store for Oculus/Apple/Google/whoever to display with your app, what exactly do you think a thumbnail is? Or transcoding from JPEG to PNG? Legally, it's a derivative work, i.e. an adaptation. There is nothing sinister about it. Lawyers gonna lawyer.

eterm 11y ago

Among other rights it includes the right to "adapt" (i.e. modify), so it isn't just about distribution rights.

Bjartr 11y ago
If you upload an image, and they want to re-encode it, or create a thumbnail for it, they need that right assigned to them it they're infringing copyright.
onion2k 11y ago
In the case of software content, that would include automatically recompiling the content that you upload to a new target format in the future, so if Oculus develop a new way of deploying content in 5 years time they won't have to bin everything people have uploaded. It's not really any different to Youtube asking for a license to transcode video content in to new formats. They could ask only for the right to do that sort of thing, but a more broad language covers things no one will have thought of. It's not (necessarily) evil.
threeseed 11y ago
Creating a thumbnail, re-encoding, rounding corners, borders, auto enhance etc. I can think of a million ways websites modify user's photos. Likewise for uploaded text they filter for black words, auto trim, strip XSS/SQL attacks etc. All of this is "adapting".
deleted 11y ago
[deleted]
sjtgraham 11y ago
Consider this example: If you upload some screenshots of your app to an app store for Oculus/Apple/Google/whoever to display with your app, what exactly do you think a thumbnail is? Or transcoding from JPEG to PNG? Legally, it's a derivative work, i.e. an adaptation. There is nothing sinister about it. Lawyers gonna lawyer.