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No it doesn't. It gives them license to use your stuff as required to provide the service.
by gte910h 15y ago
No it doesn't. It gives them license to use your stuff as required to provide the service.
- martey 15y ago"License to use as required" is similar enough to ownership that I do not think that the distinction between the two matters. I think that this is especially true because Dropbox are the final arbiters of what is "required".
- dangrossman 15y agoYou want to give Dropbox the rights to show a thumbnail of your photos if you browse your folders through their website, without giving them the right to sell those photos to a tabloid magazine. Big difference, the distinction matters.
- GiraffeNecktie 15y agoCan someone explain how performing or preparing derivative works from my content helps them provide their service? I thought they were in the storage business.
- dangrossman 15y agoLog on to the Dropbox website. Click on a folder where you've stored photos. Click the Gallery button. Dropbox just created a derivative work of your photo in order to display a small bordered thumbnail on a webpage.
- tzs 15y agoThey may want to prepare encrypted or compressed versions of your data. Also, they may be anticipating enhancing the web interface to shared files to include in-browser viewing options, which could involve preparing derivative works of your content in new formats. E.g., they might want to prepare an HTML version of dome file types.
- mikecane 15y agoThere is more going on there. Also in the TOS is a requirement of ownership for material uploaded. There are people who are using DB as their cloud libraries, with purchased eBooks stored there for anywhere-access. EDIT: And "ownership" in the rights sense, not "I paid for this" sense.