Myspace - Change of T&C's [taken from Slimelight lj group]
Recent changes to the MySpace.com terms & conditions are likely to impact many users. The new terms are VERY different. If you are a current MySpace user, previous user or a parent, I highly recommend you read their new terms. The new (unreported) terms are significant and grant News Corp (the new owners of MySpace.com), new rights that some may find unreasonable, perhaps surprising. The most concerning issue, is that as a user you are already too late - You've agreed to any changes in your original sign-up, these changes are already in effect.
Current Terms Here Dated May 1st 2006 >>>http://collect.myspace.com/misc/terms.html?z=1
Quote:
By displaying or publishing ("posting") any Content, messages, text, files, images, photos, video, sounds, profiles, works of authorship, or any other materials (collectively, "Content") on or through the Services, you hereby grant to MySpace.com, a non-exclusive, fully-paid and royalty-free, worldwide license (with the right to sublicense through unlimited levels of sublicensees) to use, copy, modify, adapt, translate, publicly perform, publicly display, store, reproduce, transmit, and distribute such Content on and through the Services. This license will terminate at the time you remove such Content from the Services.
Note:If you are a musician who has posted your music at MySpace.com, and you later sign a record deal, your posted recordings may not be protected. If you post risque images as a teen and later move into professional life, these images along with any comments, journals and conversations may still not be protected and sold to a third party. I'd look into those terms carefuly due to these changes back and forth.
Fooking ridiculous!
Argh, i shall be getting more annoyance posted when i log onto myspace when i get home tonight:P xxx
Current Terms Here Dated May 1st 2006 >>>http://collect.myspace.com/misc/terms.html?z=1
Quote:
By displaying or publishing ("posting") any Content, messages, text, files, images, photos, video, sounds, profiles, works of authorship, or any other materials (collectively, "Content") on or through the Services, you hereby grant to MySpace.com, a non-exclusive, fully-paid and royalty-free, worldwide license (with the right to sublicense through unlimited levels of sublicensees) to use, copy, modify, adapt, translate, publicly perform, publicly display, store, reproduce, transmit, and distribute such Content on and through the Services. This license will terminate at the time you remove such Content from the Services.
Note:If you are a musician who has posted your music at MySpace.com, and you later sign a record deal, your posted recordings may not be protected. If you post risque images as a teen and later move into professional life, these images along with any comments, journals and conversations may still not be protected and sold to a third party. I'd look into those terms carefuly due to these changes back and forth.
Fooking ridiculous!
Argh, i shall be getting more annoyance posted when i log onto myspace when i get home tonight:P xxx