Re:8 days. 8,000 forums
by davidascher on Friday April 12, 2013 @10:49AM
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Impressive performance and clean design. /me interested.
I don't understand the need to claim such a broad copyright license on content submitted.
"When providing us with content or posting content on Moot’s site or related third-party sites, you grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, sublicensable (through multiple tiers) right AND LICENSE to exercise any and all copyright, trademark, publicity, and database rights you have in the content, in any media known now or in the future."
The "Why do we have this clause" link doesn't feel like it answers that either.
Also, the "Following is guaranteed" bit needs work. It sounds good, but is legally worthless, I expect.
Re:8 days. 8,000 forums
by pekk on Friday April 12, 2013 @10:52AM
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If you run a forum, on what legal basis are you allowed to continue using what user has posted? Doesn't this represent a continuous existential risk for a forum, that such rights will be claimed?
I don't understand the need to claim such a broad copyright license on content submitted.
"When providing us with content or posting content on Moot’s site or related third-party sites, you grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, sublicensable (through multiple tiers) right AND LICENSE to exercise any and all copyright, trademark, publicity, and database rights you have in the content, in any media known now or in the future."
The "Why do we have this clause" link doesn't feel like it answers that either.
Also, the "Following is guaranteed" bit needs work. It sounds good, but is legally worthless, I expect.