Copyrights Vs Google Chrome EULA

I know Google Chrome isn’t (yet) available for OS X, but just in case it does become available sooner than later, here is a very interesting article about Google’s Chrome Terms of Service.
David Loschiavo, who is licensed to practice in FL, went through the TOS and it seems that Chrome’s TOS is ripping you off of your Copyrights!!
“In other words, by posting anything (via Chrome) to your blog(s), any forum, video site, myspace, itunes, or any other site that might happen to be supporting you, Google can use your work without paying you a dime.
They can go and edit it all they want. Even further, you’re claiming that you have the power to grant these rights. So no one who works for Conde Nast (Wired, Arstechnica), TechCrunch, Gawker, any of the other big web publishers, or a university where the employee is performing research can agree to the Chrome ToS because they most likely don’t have the right to give a license to the intellectual property (IP) they produce. “
Until they fix this, I suggest you DO NOT USE Chrome!
UPDATE : Google has acted with speed and retracted the objectional sentences in Chrome’s EULA, so that any content you post via Chrome is yours and yours alone.









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