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Re:Did I Just Give My Permission? The Hashtag as Consent by toomuchtodo on Saturday October 10, 2015 @10:33PM (#10367801)
Historically, EULAs and TOSs that over reach have had those overreaching provisions nullified in court.

"You provide us a perpetual license to all of your works, as well as anyone else using your tweets, pokes, stories, etc."

With the current state of copyright law in the US, let me tell you how far that's going to fly in court.

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Re:Did I Just Give My Permission? The Hashtag as Consent by reagency on Saturday October 10, 2015 @11:41PM (#10367948)
How far?
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Re:Did I Just Give My Permission? The Hashtag as Consent by toomuchtodo on Saturday October 10, 2015 @11:59PM (#10367991)
Sibling post of mine has relevant citations.

Content is clearly owned by the user; why would someone get to use it anywhere off-platform without their permission?

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