Even a "simple" service like Dropbox needs legal BS like that just so they can legally produce a thumbnail of a picture in your folders in the web view. They got in trouble a while back when someone saw their wording, but they clarified it later. (Lagoa should probably clarify their stance also.)
On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 12:34 AM, Xavier Lapointe <[email protected]>wrote: > I'm no expert in this so I was just forwarding the response ... from what > you've just said it makes sense. And yes, I've no doubt on Thiago q : > > Cheers > > > On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 3:04 PM, Raffaele Fragapane < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> It's pretty standard legal BS for any cloud service, without it they >> could be sued for holding onto the files they need to render for you with >> the back-end. >> I very, very seriously doubt Thiago plans to use without permission any >> of the material rendered through teamUp for promotion or sales, but the >> gray area of cloud services requires some rather (overly) robust wording on >> the fact they have rights on the information you provide. >> >> They don't acquire the IP or license for distribution in any form with >> that, those are the clauses you really have to watch out for. The former is >> impossible (illegal) but constitutes vice of form, the latter can plant a >> sizeable penis firmly up your colon, especially if you're contracting. >> >> >> On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 2:49 PM, Xavier Lapointe <[email protected] >> > wrote: >> >>> More specifically this paragraph: >>> >>> You hereby grant to Lagoa a non-exclusive, royalty free, paid up, >>> worldwide, sublicensable (but only to affiliates of Lagoa) right and >>> license to use the information that you submit as part of the Services to >>> copy, create, make derivative works of, display, or publicly perform the >>> Renderings or any component thereof, provided that Lagoa shall not use >>> the Renderings beyond the Privacy Settings that You and Lagoa have agreed >>> to as part of the Scope of Services, and provided, further, that the >>> license to any Renderings you have created until such time as you have paid >>> Lagoa for use of the Services shall be irrevocable and freely sublicensable >>> as long as such use of the Renderings is limited to the purposes of >>> promoting Lagoa, Lagoa’s models, Lagoa’s services, or You, as the artist >>> thereof, from the creation of such Renderings until the date that is six >>> (6) months after the expiration or termination of your subscription to the >>> Services. You authorize Lagoa, on a royalty-free basis, to use and exploit >>> any aggregated data regarding your use of the Services along with >>> aggregated data regarding others users’ use of the Services, so long as >>> such use does not identify You. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Our users will know fear and cower before our software! Ship it! Ship it >> and let them flee like the dogs they are! >> > > > > -- > Xavier >
