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They could let you delete deleted items permanently, like Dropbox does. Storing data you uploaded with no way to delete it does have privacy implications, since
by simonbrown 14y ago
They could let you delete deleted items permanently, like Dropbox does. Storing data you uploaded with no way to delete it does have privacy implications, since it may be looked at by people working there and could be a lot more sensitive than a cat photo.
I'd say a term that is more unfairly given a thumbs down is giving them a license to user content, since it's impractical to operate a user-generated content site without this.
- hugoroy 14y agoI agree. But sometimes the copyright license conceded by the user goes way beyond what's needed for the service. Why do you give rights to sublicense and to transfer to Facebook or Twitter? Details: http://tos-dr.info/topics.html#copyright-scope http://tos-dr.info/topics.html#copyright-scope
- SoftwareMaven 14y agoSo the developers who built apps that read your FB/Twitter stream are also licensed to show the content.
- hugoroy 14y agoNot necessary (see SoundCloud for instance). The whole problem is that the copyright license is just overbroad and not limited at all.
- SoftwareMaven 14y agoPartially necessary. And I completely agree with you. The licenses they demand are far broader than what they need, but that goes to the imbalance inherent in the relationship: big company with lots of money for lawyers versus some person just wanting to tell his friends what he had for lunch.