Re:How Discord Went Mainstream
by wlesieutre on Thursday March 14, 2019 @03:16PM
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>you grant to us a perpetual, nonexclusive, transferable, royalty-free, sublicensable, and worldwide license to [snip] Your Content in connection with operating and providing the Service
So what you're saying is that when you grant someone the right to use your content for a specific purpose, you're actually granting them the right to do whatever the hell they want with it?
Again, not a lawyer, but "in connection with operating and providing the Service" reads like a legally important part of that sentence to me.
"Service" in this context is defined earlier in the document:
>the Discord application (the “App”) or the website located at https://discordapp.com (the "Site"), which are collectively referred to as the “Service,”
IMO you're reading this very creatively if you think that grants them a right to publish a book of your private messages. Rights to use your content are granted specifically "in connection with operating and providing the Service." A book of your messages is not in connection with operating/providing the Discord app or website.
So what you're saying is that when you grant someone the right to use your content for a specific purpose, you're actually granting them the right to do whatever the hell they want with it?
Again, not a lawyer, but "in connection with operating and providing the Service" reads like a legally important part of that sentence to me.
"Service" in this context is defined earlier in the document:
>the Discord application (the “App”) or the website located at https://discordapp.com (the "Site"), which are collectively referred to as the “Service,”
IMO you're reading this very creatively if you think that grants them a right to publish a book of your private messages. Rights to use your content are granted specifically "in connection with operating and providing the Service." A book of your messages is not in connection with operating/providing the Discord app or website.