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Google Releases Chrome

category international | sci-tech | other press author Wednesday September 03, 2008 17:16author by Mark Cauthor email oscailt at indymedia dot ie

Be Careful Before You Use It

Google have today released their own internet browser, named Chrome. Potential users who may not bother to read the terms of use before using it may be surprised to find that ANYTHING you post on the internet using Chrome will be owned by Google.

11.1 of the Terms of Service of Chrome reads:

11.1 You retain copyright and any other rights you already hold in Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services. By submitting, posting or displaying the content you give Google a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services. This license is for the sole purpose of enabling Google to display, distribute and promote the Services and may be revoked for certain Services as defined in the Additional Terms of those Services.

More information is available at the link.

Related Link: http://tapthehive.com/discuss/This_Post_Not_Made_In_Chrome_Google_s_EULA_Sucks

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author by Mr. Manpublication date Wed Sep 03, 2008 23:13author address author phone

Ummmmm....

It seems google used a standard legal text, realised afterwards its error and redacted the offending part shown in the original post. I just checked the terms of use and it is nothing like in the title. This is the actual section;

11. Content license from you

11.1 You retain copyright and any other rights you already hold in Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services.

So yay, crisis averted.

solution to user ID issues on Chrome : "unchrome"
author by §publication date Fri Dec 26, 2008 17:56author address author phone

a software patch will remove your user details.
http://www.abelssoft.net/unchrome.php

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