Google probably get around that with this little clause... *"2.3 You may not use the Services and may not accept the Terms if (a) you are not of legal age to form a binding contract with Google, or (b) you are a person barred from receiving the Services under the laws of the United States or other countries including the country in which you are resident or from which you use the Services.*"
Refer Gil's first response about the non-profit 501c3... *"Wikipedia(R) is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc<http://www.wikimediafoundation.org/>., a U.S. registered 501(c)(3)<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/501%28c%29#501.28c.29.283.29> tax-deductible<http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Deductibility_of_donations> nonprofit <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-profit_organization> charity<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charitable_organization> ."* I don't know if wikia can do the same thing like google with a clause like that, but if they don't have that clause then perhaps this is wikia's way of having that clause. On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 11:17 AM, John Beckett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Jamie Hari wrote: > > Let's call a spade, a spade here. > > Wikia is doing the right thing; legally and morally. > > In that case it should be easy to insert a link to a page that briefly > explains your > assertion. > > >From Gil's comment, it sounds likely that the explanation won't be > digestible to > non-lawyers. That's no problem. Just state the facts: Regulation > such-and-such in > jurisdiction whatever, requires DOB for circumstances xxx. > > > I know this from years upon years of experience in many > > widely-varied online communities. > > There are probably lots of other-kinds of people like me who are not in the > habit of > registering at lots of communities and who are amazed to be asked DOB. > > I just clicked "create account" at Wikipedia and there is no requirement > for DOB, > yet they still have a privacy statement! I don't recall being asked DOB for > my > Google account (gmail and Google Groups). I'm not saying that Wikia is > wrong; I'm > pointing out that I have registered with several other organisations with > no DOB > requirement, so some explanation should be provided on Wikia. > > John > > _______________________________________________ > Wikia-l mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.wikia.com/mailman/listinfo/wikia-l > -- Victor ('Daworm') AoCWiki Sysop (http://aoc.wikia.com/)
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