Ask HN: Do I need and how do I make a Terms of Service page for my web app?

Posted by lifeformed on Tuesday April 24, 2012 @02:06AM
from the ask-hn dept.

I have a casual side project that involves some image uploading and sharing. Is a ToS really necessary? Do I really have to get a lawyer to write one up? Can't I just write some human-readable text? There isn't any money involved, except for ad revenue.

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Re:Ask HN: Do I need and how do I make a Terms of Service pa... by splatcollision on Tuesday April 24, 2012 @07:22AM (#3883393)

Grab Wordpress's ToS [1] and customize it to your needs. They've CC licensed it and encourage copy and re-use.

[1] http://en.wordpress.com/tos/

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Re:Ask HN: Do I need and how do I make a Terms of Service pa... by pestov on Tuesday April 24, 2012 @02:35AM (#3882740)

Apparently you have too, yes. Otherwise your website can be taken down if there is any copyright infringement. We've seen this happen recently with GoDaddy taking down websites (with the request of the government)that didn't have simple ToS's. Especially, if you have image uploading.

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Re:Ask HN: Do I need and how do I make a Terms of Service pa... by barakstout on Tuesday April 24, 2012 @03:26AM (#3882875)

Thanks. How about if I don't have any file sharing?

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Re:Ask HN: Do I need and how do I make a Terms of Service pa... by barakstout on Tuesday April 24, 2012 @02:13AM (#3882683)

I my self am wondering the same thing.

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