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A most disturbing thought.

Journal Entry: Sat Apr 28, 2012, 6:36 AM
Excerpt from Google Drive's Terms of service:

"When you upload or otherwise submit content to our Services, you give Google (and those we work with) a worldwide license to use, host, store, reproduce, modify, create derivative works (such as those resulting from translations, adaptations or other changes we make so that your content works better with our Services), communicate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute such content. The rights you grant in this license are for the limited purpose of operating, promoting, and improving our Services, and to develop new ones."



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:iconzueuk:
~Zueuk Apr 30, 2012   Digital Artist
:paranoid: good thing I still didnt switch to chrome
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*archangel72367 Apr 30, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
:clap:
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:icondarquewanderer:
That's why I turn off permission to use anything I do in Google. And when I get my new system up and running, it'll have no chrome.
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:iconcypher-neo:
`cypher-neo Apr 28, 2012  Professional Photographer
You're freaking out over nothing really...
Without this in their Terms of Service, Google Drive couldn't use your work in any way. They couldn't create thumbnails of your work that might interest people in buying your work. They couldn't translate any written work you have into other languages so it reaches more people. They couldn't update your webpage to HTML5, keeping your service up to date. They couldn't do... anything, really.

This allows them to use your work (and create thumbnails for web search, translate web pages so more people can find you, provide payment solutions for both buyers and sellers, store your work on their servers, and allow the people you authorize with the ability to retrieve that work.
In other words, this contract allows them to use your work in ways that you already want them to use it in.
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:iconrotane:
`rotane Apr 28, 2012   General Artist
Well, you pretty much grant dA the same licence. In a non-paranoid way of looking at it, Google (and dA) needs these permissions from you so they can host your images, show them to other people, use them to show up in their search engine, create thumbnails, etc. Of course, such a broad wording could possibly include much more than just that. The more disturbing thing in this licence-bit is probably "Google (and those we work with)", though...
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~Libis Apr 28, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
What does this mean for the content Disney and others have uploaded to Youtube? lol. This is horrible for the individual, but I find it funny to see some of the larger companies that could be affected.
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:icongatekat:
*Gatekat Apr 29, 2012  Hobbyist Writer
It means nothing to individuals or companies.
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:icondinyctis:
Imagine Google submitting your artwork but with quick Photoshop lens flares out the wazoo! How dare they!
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:iconpriteeboy:
`priteeboy Apr 28, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Good thing I never use Google for anything other than Gmail and Google searching :dummy:
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:icongatekat:
*Gatekat Apr 28, 2012  Hobbyist Writer
DA has the same terms. Every site does. It's required for them to function. A Thumbnail is a derivative work, you know.
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