Comments on: YouTube: "We Pwn J00!" http://www.forevergeek.com/2006/07/youtube_we_pwn_j00/ Nerds are for Dorks Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:04:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: tollie williams http://www.forevergeek.com/2006/07/youtube_we_pwn_j00/#comment-8736 tollie williams Thu, 20 Jul 2006 22:30:42 +0000 http://forevergeek.com/?p=3209#comment-8736 So after you read it, did you actually choose to leave out the part where it says "For clarity, you retain all of your ownership rights in your User Submissions?" Anyways, without knowing anything about their intent, this is not uncommon. The same snafu happened when Yahoo's lawyers got a hold of Geocities. They add all that scary sounding stuff in there as a lawyer's way of saying "To do what we do, we need to make multiple copies of your videos from server to server, and to make it available for redistribution." You Tube has no interest in stealing you stuff. They plan to make money with eyes, not with reselling numa numa videos. So after you read it, did you actually choose to leave out the part where it says “For clarity, you retain all of your ownership rights in your User Submissions?”

Anyways, without knowing anything about their intent, this is not uncommon. The same snafu happened when Yahoo’s lawyers got a hold of Geocities.

They add all that scary sounding stuff in there as a lawyer’s way of saying “To do what we do, we need to make multiple copies of your videos from server to server, and to make it available for redistribution.”

You Tube has no interest in stealing you stuff. They plan to make money with eyes, not with reselling numa numa videos.

]]> By: jangelo http://www.forevergeek.com/2006/07/youtube_we_pwn_j00/#comment-8735 jangelo Thu, 20 Jul 2006 04:04:19 +0000 http://forevergeek.com/?p=3209#comment-8735 Yes, I actually read the darn long thing. They were careful with the wording. You do own your content, but given that they can practically do anything like re-sell it or present it for profit without the need to pay royalties, it's tantamount to your giving it to them in the first place. Yes, I actually read the darn long thing. They were careful with the wording. You do own your content, but given that they can practically do anything like re-sell it or present it for profit without the need to pay royalties, it’s tantamount to your giving it to them in the first place.

]]> By: tollie williams http://www.forevergeek.com/2006/07/youtube_we_pwn_j00/#comment-8734 tollie williams Thu, 20 Jul 2006 03:27:40 +0000 http://forevergeek.com/?p=3209#comment-8734 Does it really hurt to read the actual terms? <blockquote><em><strong>For clarity, you retain all of your ownership rights in your User Submissions.</strong> However, </em>by submitting the User Submissions to YouTube, you hereby grant YouTube a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicenseable and transferable license to use, ...</blockquote> Emphasis included and <em>mine added</em> to show what was omited by Wired and by this article. (Note, it's possible You Tube added the former later, however I'd like to know if you actually read the You Tube terms before posting this.) Does it really hurt to read the actual terms?

For clarity, you retain all of your ownership rights in your User Submissions. However, by submitting the User Submissions to YouTube, you hereby grant YouTube a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicenseable and transferable license to use, …

Emphasis included and mine added to show what was omited by Wired and by this article. (Note, it’s possible You Tube added the former later, however I’d like to know if you actually read the You Tube terms before posting this.)

]]> By: Spengs http://www.forevergeek.com/2006/07/youtube_we_pwn_j00/#comment-8733 Spengs Wed, 19 Jul 2006 23:13:33 +0000 http://forevergeek.com/?p=3209#comment-8733 Well, I suppose that means they'll be 100% responsible for taking the consequences for any copyright material people post, then. They "own" it, after all. I don't post on You Tube, so it doesn't directly effect me. Still seems kinda sketchy, though. Well, I suppose that means they’ll be 100% responsible for taking the consequences for any copyright material people post, then. They “own” it, after all.

I don’t post on You Tube, so it doesn’t directly effect me. Still seems kinda sketchy, though.

]]> By: Ant http://www.forevergeek.com/2006/07/youtube_we_pwn_j00/#comment-8732 Ant Wed, 19 Jul 2006 22:25:34 +0000 http://forevergeek.com/?p=3209#comment-8732 All heil mein internet. All heil mein internet.

]]> By: shamingstephenryder http://www.forevergeek.com/2006/07/youtube_we_pwn_j00/#comment-8731 shamingstephenryder Wed, 19 Jul 2006 19:52:39 +0000 http://forevergeek.com/?p=3209#comment-8731 Good stuff. Good stuff.

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