That stinks. I definitely won't use hotmail then. Anybody know about
yahoo mail, if it's the same way?
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From: Kenneth E. Lussier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2001 8:46 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Windows XP
Nope, he's not kidding....... The EULA, or Terms of Service
(http://www.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/dasp/hminfo_shell.asp?content=tos&_l
ang=EN&id=2&ct=987813260),
whatever they call it, for hotmail specifically says that:
"Microsoft does not claim ownership of the materials you provide to
Microsoft (including feedback and suggestions) or post, upload, input or
submit to any MSN Site/Service or its associated services for review by
the general public (each a "Submission" and collectively "Submissions").
However, by posting, uploading, inputting, providing or submitting your
Submission you are granting Microsoft, its affiliated companies and
necessary sublicensees permission to use your Submission in connection
with the operation
of their Internet businesses including, without limitation, the rights
to: copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform,
reproduce, edit, translate and reformat your Submission; and to publish
your name in connection with your Submission."
This can be interpreted many ways. But, the most "Microsoft" way to
interpret it is that anything that you put into any of their systems can
be used, or "reproduced", by them. Someone posted a part of another of
their sites EULA a while back that was more blatant and stated outright
that any information that was contained on their servers was their
property and they reserved the right to use the information
royalty-free.
C-Ya,
Kenny
Michael O'Donnell wrote:
>
> >And don't forget, if you send a business idea or private
> >note through Hotmail or any of Microsoft's other online
> >services, it becomes the property of Microsoft.
>
> Holy sh*t, you're exaggerating, right? References, please...
>
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