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A comment on Ask HN: Is the EULA on my new $30k RED cinema camera legal?.

Re:Ask HN: Is the EULA on my new $30k RED cinema camera legal? by thegagne on Friday April 29, 2022 @02:02PM (#31208650)
> technical, diagnostic, usage and related information, including but not limited to information about your RED Camera, Camera Module, computer, system and application software, usage, content, and peripherals.

They are doing CYA here, but what they are likely collecting here is metadata, not the content itself. And very likely they are referring to data collected for troubleshooting purposes.

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Re:Ask HN: Is the EULA on my new $30k RED cinema camera legal? by red_throwaway on Friday April 29, 2022 @02:14PM (#31208787)
That's what I suspect too but the terms don't read like that in my opinion. I'm hoping someone can chime in and explain why the terms don't allow for the content itself to be mined.
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Re:Ask HN: Is the EULA on my new $30k RED cinema camera legal? by cweagans on Friday April 29, 2022 @03:26PM (#31209620)
The EULA is talking about information about each of those individual items. It may make more sense if you format it like this:

including but not limited to information about your:

* RED Camera

* Camera Module

* computer

* system and application software

* usage

* content; and

* peripherals

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Re:Ask HN: Is the EULA on my new $30k RED cinema camera legal? by Jon_Lowtek on Friday April 29, 2022 @04:02PM (#31209999)
well it says "information about ... content" which is different from the content itself. It's vague, and i find the whole thing unacceptable, i would not consent to a camera sharing usage information, but concerning this detail, it doesn't say "the content" .
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