Comments on: Pwned by Google Chrome http://www.psfk.com/2008/09/pwned-by-google-chrome.html Good Ideas Report Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:10:29 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: links for 2008-09-04 « Francis Anderson http://www.psfk.com/2008/09/pwned-by-google-chrome.html/comment-page-1#comment-114755 links for 2008-09-04 « Francis Anderson Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:31:08 +0000 http://www.psfk.com/?p=14421#comment-114755 [...] Google Chrome Owns You Gizmodo point to a scary clause in the new Google Chrome Browser end license user agreement that looks like it says Google owns everything you publish and create while using Chrome. Hmmm. This does not look good, but hopefully someone will come along and explain that this does not mean what it seems to. (tags: google chrome ip socialmedia usergenerated) [...] [...] Google Chrome Owns You Gizmodo point to a scary clause in the new Google Chrome Browser end license user agreement that looks like it says Google owns everything you publish and create while using Chrome. Hmmm. This does not look good, but hopefully someone will come along and explain that this does not mean what it seems to. (tags: google chrome ip socialmedia usergenerated) [...]

]]> By: Just so You Don’t Forget « More Stupid Than the Others http://www.psfk.com/2008/09/pwned-by-google-chrome.html/comment-page-1#comment-114231 Just so You Don’t Forget « More Stupid Than the Others Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:56:01 +0000 http://www.psfk.com/?p=14421#comment-114231 [...] there’s Google Chrome, which, as PSFK and Gizmodo point out, might have some strange EULA terms, messes with registry entries according [...] [...] there’s Google Chrome, which, as PSFK and Gizmodo point out, might have some strange EULA terms, messes with registry entries according [...]

]]> By: Scott Monty http://www.psfk.com/2008/09/pwned-by-google-chrome.html/comment-page-1#comment-113642 Scott Monty Thu, 04 Sep 2008 01:39:02 +0000 http://www.psfk.com/?p=14421#comment-113642 It looks like Google has already rescinded this in their TOS, per ReadWriteWeb: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/does_google_have_rights_to_all.php It looks like Google has already rescinded this in their TOS, per ReadWriteWeb: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/does_google_have_rights_to_all.php

]]> By: James Potts http://www.psfk.com/2008/09/pwned-by-google-chrome.html/comment-page-1#comment-113279 James Potts Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:52:21 +0000 http://www.psfk.com/?p=14421#comment-113279 It seems like you may be overreacting. Take into account the sentence immediately following the excerpt highlighted in bold that says this license is solely for Google to be able to promote the service that allowed you to produce the work in question. Within the highlighted area, it also states that this is a non-exclusive license meaning that even though Google has the right to use the content you created, that doesn't preclude the creator from profiting from their work. I'm no contract lawyer but that is my layman assessment. I do agree that it is weird they state this kind of thing in the EULA but if something that a user produces exemplifies their "Services'" benefits, it seems fair that they could use the content to promote said "Services." It seems like you may be overreacting. Take into account the sentence immediately following the excerpt highlighted in bold that says this license is solely for Google to be able to promote the service that allowed you to produce the work in question. Within the highlighted area, it also states that this is a non-exclusive license meaning that even though Google has the right to use the content you created, that doesn’t preclude the creator from profiting from their work.

I’m no contract lawyer but that is my layman assessment. I do agree that it is weird they state this kind of thing in the EULA but if something that a user produces exemplifies their “Services’” benefits, it seems fair that they could use the content to promote said “Services.”

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