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"By submitting, posting or displaying the content you give Google a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, ada

"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." I'm really confused by the wording of this term. Is this saying that I'm giving Google a license to display anything I submit through my chrome browser? That's pretty scary if I'm reading this right...

wmf 18y ago
This sounds like a cut-and-paste from some other Google TOS and it will probably be fixed after enough people complain. (Note: A browser isn't a service.)
- silentbicycle 18y ago
  But, in the mean time...
- ksvs 18y ago
  I'm not disagreeing with you, but it's interesting how willing we are to cut Google a break. When they do something that sounds evil, we just assume it was an oversight and that they'll fix it. Imagine our reaction if Microsoft released something with this clause in the TOS.
  - silentbicycle 18y ago
    Exactly. Some people have this sort of double standard with Apple, too, but it's surprisingly common with Google.
  - cstejerean 18y ago
    It's called building a reputation. If a company consistently does the "right" thing, people start to trust it and give it some leeway when it screws up. Unfortunately for Microsoft they have pretty much ruined their reputation as far as I'm concerned (most recent example of a MS screw-up is the OOXML circus).
    - netcan 18y ago
      True. Shows how much reputation is worth.
    - altano 18y ago
      This is completely bogus. Google has been much worse about privacy than Microsoft. OOXML or how much you hate Windows or whatever has nothing to do with privacy.
    - silentbicycle 18y ago
      Whether or not they have a reputation of doing the "right" thing (or not Being Evil, etc.), their primary business model ultimately depends on ongoing internet innovation, being safe for e-commerce, etc., so anything they provide to make the web easier to use, help defeating phishing, and so on is in their best interest. The incentives for them to be good about privacy are more vague, however.
  - wmf 18y ago
    Claiming rights to everything that passes though your browser is a stretch even for Google. It can't be right.

wmf 18y ago

This sounds like a cut-and-paste from some other Google TOS and it will probably be fixed after enough people complain. (Note: A browser isn't a service.)

silentbicycle 18y ago
But, in the mean time...
ksvs 18y ago
I'm not disagreeing with you, but it's interesting how willing we are to cut Google a break. When they do something that sounds evil, we just assume it was an oversight and that they'll fix it. Imagine our reaction if Microsoft released something with this clause in the TOS.
- silentbicycle 18y ago
  Exactly. Some people have this sort of double standard with Apple, too, but it's surprisingly common with Google.
- cstejerean 18y ago
  It's called building a reputation. If a company consistently does the "right" thing, people start to trust it and give it some leeway when it screws up. Unfortunately for Microsoft they have pretty much ruined their reputation as far as I'm concerned (most recent example of a MS screw-up is the OOXML circus).
  - netcan 18y ago
    True. Shows how much reputation is worth.
  - altano 18y ago
    This is completely bogus. Google has been much worse about privacy than Microsoft. OOXML or how much you hate Windows or whatever has nothing to do with privacy.
  - silentbicycle 18y ago
    Whether or not they have a reputation of doing the "right" thing (or not Being Evil, etc.), their primary business model ultimately depends on ongoing internet innovation, being safe for e-commerce, etc., so anything they provide to make the web easier to use, help defeating phishing, and so on is in their best interest. The incentives for them to be good about privacy are more vague, however.
- wmf 18y ago
  Claiming rights to everything that passes though your browser is a stretch even for Google. It can't be right.