In other words, this could be done legally only if creation and logging into individual end user accounts was integrated into one's own web site.
So, let me try to restate the original poster's use cases - in a way that would most likely be compliant. -- A user comes to our site and they wish to create a free classifieds advertisement. First, to make it easier for them, through our site they can create a Picasa account if they already do not have one. If they have a Picasa account, they can log into it through our site. During the uploading of pictures, we would state that all images are store in their already authenticated Picasa account. If they tried to upload pictures and were not already logged in and authenticated with Picasa, we would remind them by explaining that they just do so because the pictures are stored within their own Picasa accounts. -- Is this above 100% within legal guidelines? P.S. I am quite familiar with YouTube TOS where it would be more than TOS compliant because on YT one can allow all users to use just one account. However, the problems arise with a 2000 uploaded videos limit and the fact that the whole account can get shut down if only one individual breaks the TOS with their own single posting. In that sense, Picasa seems to be even more restrictive with it's TOS. HTH. On Apr 5, 10:17 am, Detlev Schwabe <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry about the delay: > > Your use case would be fine as long as your users are creating their own > Picasa Web account. > However, it sounds like this wouldn't be the case in your scenario. > This is one of the core requirements for using the API. > Fromhttp://code.google.com/apis/picasaweb/terms.html: > > "5.9 In order to use the Picasa Web Albums API with your service, *all End > Users on your service must have previously created their own individual > Picasa Web Albums accounts*. You must explicitly notify End Users that they > are accessing their Picasa Web Albums accounts through your service. In > other words, you may not create one or more Picasa Web Albums accounts for > the purpose of storing images on behalf of users without those users > creating their own individual Picasa Web Albums accounts." > > On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 5:32 AM, Albert Diones <[email protected]>wrote:> > :( still no replies? > > > On Mar 20, 4:09 am, Detlev Schwabe <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I forwarded your inquiry to the right people. Still waiting for an > > answer. > > > > On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 2:29 AM, Albert Diones <[email protected] > > >wrote: > > > > > Hi, I just want to make sure if it's legal to use Google Picasa web > > > > albums API to store advertisement images of our classified ads > > > > website. > > > > > Here how it goes: > > > > The user posts there ad for free and can upload pictures describing > > > > there ad. This picture will be stored on Google Picasa. Is this legal? > > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups > > > > "Google Picasa Web Albums API" group. > > > > To post to this group, send email to > > > > [email protected]. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > [email protected]<google-picasa-data-api% > > > > [email protected]> > > <google-picasa-data-api%[email protected]<google-picasa-data-a > > pi%[email protected]> > > > > > . > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/google-picasa-data-api?hl=en. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Google Picasa Web Albums API" group. > > To post to this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<google-picasa-data-api% > > [email protected]> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/google-picasa-data-api?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Picasa Web Albums API" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-picasa-data-api?hl=en.
