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- cblalock, on 10/12/2007, -5/+61+digg, but misleading.
MySpace's rights are revoked as soon as you take the content off your MySpace page as indicated here:
"...This license will terminate at the time you remove such Content from the Services." - cquinnd, on 10/12/2007, -4/+44I 4 1 wlcm R nu amsp3k ovrlrds.
Fixed spelling for ya. - theda3g0, on 10/12/2007, -0/+26"Notwithstanding the foregoing, a back-up or residual copy of the Content posted by you may remain on the MySpace.com servers after you have removed the Content from the Services, and MySpace.com retains the rights to those copies."
I'm sure they'd back it up if they saw it and liked it before you took it down. - BugMeNot2, on 10/12/2007, -0/+26No, this isn't Fox.
This is News Corp., which owns Fox, IGN, Myspace, etc. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+23I'm a filmmaker and I have a MySpace account.
I've read the TOS carefully, this is why I have not posted any of my movies to MySpace. I link to them (hosted on my domain), but I refuse to give *anyone* the right to profit from my work without my permission.
Why AREN'T people reading TOS licences? Are we being lazy? - bairy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+21I think it's more that they're so insanely long and complicated that people don't bother reading them anymore.
- twistymcgee, on 10/12/2007, -6/+25Has anyone ever seen a MySpace page that wasn't a complete mess? I can usually make more sense out of a grafitti wall.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+19So, FOX owns all sorts of child porn, then, huh? I say we get with the suin' already!
- DarkJedi375, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10Haha, there's nothing worse than following a link to somebody's MySpace...where you then get bombarded by 4 songs, 6 music videos, and enough pictures to crash a server. Oh...and we can't forget the horrifying animated GIF backgrounds. They make my eyes bleed.
- plamoni, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Even the kiddie porn? http://www.digg.com/links/Teen_Faces_Child_Porn_Charges_For_Posting_Pics_Of_Friends
hehe - roastedbagel, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9+digg as well just because I think it's hillarious that the pictures on my profile are now owned by Fox. Oh well.
- Dragular, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9There are also those of us who go, "Hey, it's just a myspace page, no need in throwing six thousand miles of code into it" and just leave it alone, style wise.
- theda3g0, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7They can distribute and benefit from your content through "The services".
"The Services offered by MySpace.com ("Myspace.com" or "we") include the MySpace.com Website (the "Website"), the MySpace.com instant messenger, and any other features, content, or applications offered from time to time by MySpace.com"
Notice: "any other features, content, or applications".
I'm no lawyer but this wording is extremely vague and could be used to legitimize the distribution of your content via almost any vehicle in relation to Myspace, not just the site.
I'd suggest removing any original content you have there. It would be a shame to see someone's hard work be stripped away and profited on by some soulless big name company. - dustyshadow, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8"I posted a MySpace Bulletin about this, but it never appeared publically so it may have been censored?"
Myspace bulletin board censorship is alive and well. I posted a bulletin about this license issue when Fox bought them but it never showed up then either. You are also not allowed to post things about their competitors. My friend who works at buzznet.com had her bulletins deleted that talked about her job. - lowbot, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Yep. They want rights so you dont sue them for hosting your stuff. Its actually benign.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5"myspace" in the title, must be hot off the press.
Terms are terms. Always and always read the terms. And understand them. - Judman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Myspace puts on concerts, makes cds, and I am sure there is more to come. Theres a lot they can do.
- Fell, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I wonder how they will, if they do, make use of it. I'll be keeping my eye open for more on this. I wonder about the uploaded videos and songs.
- jgclark123, on 10/12/2007, -5/+9I, for one, welcome our new AIMspeaking overlords.
- Dragular, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5For the most part yeah, but there are also some legitimate bands on MySpace (not just "ok I want to use my Queen music on MySpace.. OH MAN I'LL PRETEND LIKE I'M QUEEN!"), myself included, who don't want anyone taking credit for their stuff.
I mean, I make no claim that I'll ever make any cash on my substandardness, but if there was even a vague possibility that someone would use it I'd be less than happy. - n1ck, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I just posted the article in a bulletin on myspace.
They never showed it.
That's crazy that they censor stuff that you really should be able to know. - JimXugle, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3If they want the right to copy the video of my friend sitting on one of those kiddy ride motorcycles in the mall, fine. But there are some issues they're going to have to work out first. 1) The security guard that came said that he didnt want to see his face on merch. 2) the parents in the background may sue if their children make it onto DVDs for Pervs to buy and watch.
Just an FYI. - synaesthesia, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Yes, Myspace censored your bulletin. Theres no other possible explanation for a Myspace bulletin not appearing as it should, such as perhaps some kind of error (of the technical variety, maybe).
- volcompimp, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Old news... I posted bullttens when Rupert took over and they censored out certain URL's but there's ways around their filters.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Please, people were scaremongering over this back with the original MP3.com.
No digg - actionjackson, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3I'm sure they perform regular backups in addition to having some sort of redundancy policy in place at all times. You can be pretty confident that once its on MySpace, they will have access to it even if you take it off soon after you post it. And by their terms, it doesn't matter if you take it down or not..it's theirs! *****! Now I don't feel as bad condescending to everyone I know about how stupid MySpace is.
- ringey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2
Don’t you WANT to give myspace the right to distribute/copy/store/display your content? Isn’t that the reason you upload your content to myspace.com, so they can distribute it and display it worldwide?
Notice that the license to your content is “non-exclusive,” meaning you still retain your rights to it and still have the option of licensing it through other outlets. Also notice that it does not state you are granting myspace the right to SELL your content.
I think this license agreement simply explicates what is already the implied agreement for using a service like this. - colmore, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3The whole "having a public digital personality" thing is starting to weird me out. Of course we all do, but things like MySpace tie that personality pretty easily to your face, name, and friends.
I think I'm going to take my myspace profile down. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I have an account in myspace.com and now have like 8 friends, i have found it as an open comunity for members of other countries different than United States so i think this article rules apply only for US residents. So if you live in another country don't worry and be happy. :)
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2this has been going around for awhile and it's not really a threat. nearly every online user agreement requires that you promise them your soul but it rarely makes a difference. if myspace suddenly claimed up everyone's content because of some user agreement you click through, lawsuits would abound. remember that just because you agreed to the agreement, it doesn't make that agreement legal. it would easilly get torn apart in court.
- alexgreggs, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3I guess the question is.. What if you have something on myspace like a song, they use it, then you take it off myspace. What would they do then? recall any CD's or other works that they have put out?
Alex
www.MusicFreedom.com - cphuntington97, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2"That's crazy that they censor stuff that you really should be able to know."
Sounds like another website I know: http://digg.com
If you don't know that it happens, then you haven't been reading the rest of the web. - elpepe, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Umm, i don't think so... I made a copyrighted video. someone posted it to myspace without my permission. I don't really care that it's on the myspace page, but I'll be damned if Fox thinks they own that
- MrGeneric, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2They do not own the rights to content that you did not have the right to upload in the first place.
;-) So where did you get that content from again? ;-) ;-) What you admit that you took it without permission? ;-) ;-) ;-) But that is OK by the real owner, so long as you remove it from MySpace ASAP? ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-)
Oh crap all that winking is hurting my eye!
Disclosure Statement: I am a shareholder in Newscorp. - zdiggler, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2If you can read the Term, why are you using MySpace.. LOL
MySpace is designed to people who don't read Terms. - unlived, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2They only reserve the rights to distribute your content through their services nothing else. Don't worry, there are plenty of other devils to sell your soul to.
"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." - ohhector, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2NO DIGG! This is something being spread as a Myspace bulletin rumour, putting it up on a blog hardly makes it anymore valid...
I'm with all the sane people on this...that is, the ones that realize that this is a fairly standard claim in the TOS of a content provider. It does cleary state that "This license will terminate at the time you remove such Content from the Services." The clause concerning "extention through backups" is cleary to avoid any liabilities relating to the period where you cease to have such material on their site, but before they are fully aware of it. - elroy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2MYSPACE IS FOR MOUTH-BREATHERS.
- JoeWall, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2actually, there are very good artists and songs in myspace. people there don t know damn about css or xhtml but i like the dynamics and energy that you can find on some pages
- Iznogoth, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1If you put an mp3 you have downloaded illegally on your myspace page... They have the right on it... Can the RIAA take Fox to court for all the illegal files on myspace?? :P
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1well there you go, this is why i READ THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS. but if you were to upload a song you made in garage band they could take it.
- bouche, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"SERVICES" is the key. The contract is in place to give them rights to use your content via their "SERVICES" which is the myspace realm.
No worries. If it's ambiguous, that is not going to hurt those that didn't write the contract. - kindrobot, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2What you say makes sense, but it's also a bit knee-jerk reactionary.
If someone distributes a low quality (and EVERYTHING is compressed and
lower quality on myspace) anything and expects people to buy it or use it in
anything even remotely high-profile, they're kidding themselves. Hold your
masters and the rest will be done for you. As long as you have those, you're
good. There's nothing in that agreement that states you have to hand over any
physical copy of anything. And if they try, they will lose.
The real question here is do you want Poopert Murdoch making peripheral
profits off your work in exchange for free exposure and file storage? And
they (myspace) already do that, always have. - tidu, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Great, MySpace owns a picture of me. It's uploaded on their servers, right? Why isn't it their property as long as I'm not paying for it?
- cwhill, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I think all sites do this type of thing. You are reading too much into the terms of the agreement. Of course they own all things posted onto their website. I would think if you paid for a domain and the space to put items on a website then you would on all items placed on the site. Stupid digg. This needs to be taken down. No digg.
- sfacets, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1don't be surprised if you find your face in the next Simpson's episode...
- starmanjones, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1every entitiy has the same rules. if you use hotmail... the mail is bills. the thing is- its necessary for myspaces protection. we went round and round with people once because they were using hotmail to exchange a business plan and i was like... it ain't likely to be a problem but you mail that through hotmail and its they can have it. it was a big deal for a technicality. same with HIPAA... had some people using hotmail and its way not cool and you could loose your professional licence for using hotmail.
- Aztlan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@wulfflower
from devianART.com Terms of Services
4. Copyright
deviantART is, unless otherwise stated, the owner of all copyright and data rights in the Service and its contents. You may not reproduce, distribute, publicly display or perform, or prepare derivative works based on any of the Content without the express, written consent of deviantART. However, deviantART does not claim ownership rights in your works or other materials posted by you to deviantART (Your Content). - zeldafan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Now, does this count for things that you created that are hosted somewhere else?
- shawgo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I don't know if anyone has said this already, but the reason they claim ownership to anything on their servers is so they can use it in "video of the month" type deals. At least that's what I was told.
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