Comments on: I Hear the Warning http://rasterweb.net/raster/2006/08/25/i-hear-the-warning/ RasterWeb! has been keeping it real (whatever that means) since 1997... Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:22:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Chris Messina http://rasterweb.net/raster/2006/08/25/i-hear-the-warning/#comment-2849 Chris Messina Fri, 25 Aug 2006 16:38:48 +0000 http://rasterweb.net/raster/2006/08/25/i-hear-the-warning/#comment-2849 I've started to save every Terms of Service that I agree to one sites that I sign up on. You'd be amazed at how many assume Copyright of the content you upload -- whether you created it or not. That's what you trade in order to benefit from their "free" service. Unfortunately ignorantus legis would prevail -- just because you didn't read the ToS but hit "I Agree" anyway doesn't protect you from the effects of the agreement. Those "I Agree" pages represent the modern-day shrinkwrap and it'd be wise for everyone, especially those under-30 folks (like me!) to be very wary of what rights you're handing over in exchange for access to the latest and greatest online tools. I’ve started to save every Terms of Service that I agree to one sites that I sign up on. You’d be amazed at how many assume Copyright of the content you upload — whether you created it or not.

That’s what you trade in order to benefit from their “free” service.

Unfortunately ignorantus legis would prevail — just because you didn’t read the ToS but hit “I Agree” anyway doesn’t protect you from the effects of the agreement. Those “I Agree” pages represent the modern-day shrinkwrap and it’d be wise for everyone, especially those under-30 folks (like me!) to be very wary of what rights you’re handing over in exchange for access to the latest and greatest online tools.

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