@Al, @blindfold: good point -- I hadn't considered that. Mentally, I was 
comparing it to ToS like WordPress.com's, which does have termination 
language.

Al Sutton wrote:
> The biggest problem with a "perpetual, irrevocable" license for any 
> content is that even if the author finds something which could cause 
> them significant problems (e.g. inadvertently infringing on 
> copyright/patent which results in a cease and desist letter) the author 
> has no legal means of getting the content removed from Googles sites or 
> any site Google has given the OK to redistribution the content.
> 
> Al.
> 
> blindfold wrote:
>>> While overly wordy, IMHO, the entire paragraph does a fairly decent job
>>> of giving Google the rights it needs to effectively use your contest
>>> entry in the manner in which you presumably want it, given that you
>>> entered the contest.
>>>     
>> No, unless I overlooked some legalese, the 10^100 TOS does not list
>> any means for the owner to withdraw or otherwise control (under
>> reasonable conditions of advance notice etc that adequately suit the
>> interests of both sides). It is all "perpetual, irrevocable".
>> Ownership seems an empty phrase here. I find granting a perpetual
>> license a bit long for the purposes of a contest, and making it
>> irrevocable does not help either. I suggest they rewrite the TOS to
>> spell out the owner's rights as eloquently as they spell out Google's
>> rights.

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