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Your T&C are poor. "[add if applicable];" "You are granted a limited, non-exclusive right to create a text hyperlink to the Site for noncommercial purposes, p
by phonon 8y ago
Your T&C are poor.
"[add if applicable];"
"You are granted a limited, non-exclusive right to create a text hyperlink to the Site for noncommercial purposes, provided such link does not portray Goodcover or any of its products and services in a false, misleading, derogatory or otherwise defamatory manner...This limited right may be revoked at any time."
"You acknowledge and agree that any materials, including but not limited to questions, comments, suggestions, ideas, plans, notes, drawings, original or creative materials or other information, regarding the Site, Goodcover or Goodcover's products or services that are provided by you in the form of email or other submissions to Goodcover, or any postings on the Site, are non-confidential and shall become the sole property of Goodcover. Goodcover shall own exclusive rights, including all intellectual property rights, and shall be entitled to the unrestricted use and dissemination of these materials for any purpose, commercial or otherwise, without acknowledgment or compensation to you."
"If you post User Content to the Site, unless we indicate otherwise, you grant Goodcover and its affiliates a nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable and fully sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform and display such User Content throughout the world in any media on or in connection with the Site and the promotion thereof. You grant Goodcover and its affiliates and sublicensees the right to use the name that you submit in connection with such content, if we choose."
"IN A WRITING"
- chrisplotz 8y agoThanks for the feedback, happy to consider. Could you be more specific about what you would expect? That would help us make adjustments.
- epoch_100 8y agoIt seems like the ToS is just filled with typos and "insert here" type statements that you'd find in a template. I don't think there are specific items that the parent commenter is trying to change; instead, the entire document just seems sloppy... Best of luck with your business, but make sure the fundamental legal contract between you and your customers is thorough so that both you _and your customers_ are protected.
- phonon 8y agoThe first and last quoted sections are sloppy/bad drafting. The second is egregious, and embarrassing to be found in a YC company. You should not be asserting rights to how people "link" to you. Third and fourth basically say any user provided "content" (whatever that may mean) is now "non-confidential" the "sole property of Goodcover", "entitled to the unrestricted use and dissemination of these materials for any purpose". That sounds like you plan to use some relatively sensitive user provided materials in any way you see fit to advance your company. But wait! you say...we have a privacy policy! Great, except the privacy policy has an exception... "We may share information about you as follows or as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy: ... With your consent or at your direction, including if we notify you through our Service that the information you provide will be shared in a particular manner and you provide such information." which arguably means that since the user accepted the T&C, they've approved your usage of their materials. I don't feel you did this maliciously, you probably copied this from some template. Doesn't mean you shouldn't be thinking about this much more carefully though.
- chrisplotz 8y agoHi guys thanks for the comments, and yes, I see what you mean. Will be reviewing these in full.