“You hereby grant Apple a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, sub-licensable (through multiple tiers) right to exercise all rights, under copyright, publicity and related laws, in any media now known or not currently known, with respect to any content you post in any public site within iTools.”
The preceding is a passage, verbatim, from a ‘terms of service’ agreement with Apple Computer, for a service, formerly titled iTools, now called .Mac. A description of the service at their site reads “Effortlessly share everything you create — pictures, movies, blogs, podcasts, and more — with friends and family.” I found this somewhat amusing. Create your free web page, oh wait it’s not free, include a photo of your mom, a drawing of your girlfriend and suddenly they become the property of Apple Computer until the end of time. I found the above at a Macintosh enthusiast website. I think they have since changed or reworded the terms.
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