Myspace Terms of Service · Wednesday May 3, 2006
“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. You represent and warrant that: (i) you own the Content posted by you on or through the Services or otherwise have the right to grant the license set forth in this section, and (ii) the posting of your Content on or through the Services does not violate the privacy rights, publicity rights, copyrights, contract rights or any other rights of any person. You agree to pay for all royalties, fees, and any other monies owing any person by reason of any Content posted by you to or through the Services.”
http://collect.myspace.com/misc/terms.html?z=1
Cool! Myspace owns the rights to anything you post on Myspace!
FREELY GIVE YOUR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY TO RUPERT MURDOCH.
Or, consider removing yourself from Myspace as soon as possible. Liam did it. So can you.
More on this when I get back from tour. Thanks to my brother Luke for the heads up on the Terms of Service and comic linkage.
Love, Alex
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Kevin Erickson writes:
it wouldn’t hold up in court. i mean, you don’t really think Gnarls Barkley and Sleater Kinney and every band on the planet’s material is owned by rupert murdoch now
posted May 6, 11:52 PM ~ #
Aaron Trueb writes:
Hey Alex,
Long time no see or talk! How are you man? I’ve been reading your Blog for quite some time now. Just thought I’d let you know, I recently canceled my Myspace account. The above is kind of scary, and their advertising sucks. If I wanted to see a scantily-clad girl everytime I signed out, I would ask for it. I hate being fed what I don’t want to eat, if that makes sense. I’ve moved my web goings-on to my blog, you should check it out. I will add a link to your blog soon. Well, email me or blog me, or whatever. Bye!
posted May 31, 09:32 AM ~ #