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Re:Is it OK to copy terms of service/privacy policy from ano... by onceageek on Friday August 31, 2007 @06:17PM (#49002)
I disagree on copyright part. Two reasons: 1) You are not selling the agreement 2) It is impossible to find out from where or whose agreement (most of them are generic). Moreover, who the heck reads those!!! I am tempted to write in my ToS - that the users hereby agree to sell their soul for using my website :)

I agree on finding a legit free source.

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Re:Is it OK to copy terms of service/privacy policy from ano... by jey on Friday August 31, 2007 @07:16PM (#49036)
> Two reasons: 1) You are not selling the agreement 2) It is impossible to find out from where or whose agreement (most of them are generic). Moreover, who the heck reads those!!!

How does selling it, whether it can be found that you copied it, or whether people read them affect that it's a copyright violation? It's a copyright violation if you publish it as your own, irrespective of whether people read it or find out that you plagiarized it.

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Re:Is it OK to copy terms of service/privacy policy from ano... by onceageek on Friday August 31, 2007 @08:05PM (#49056)
jey: thats a valid point. I totally agree with your argument as it being a copyright violation too.

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