Propagation: MySpace now MurdochsSpace

[denny]

This is doing the rounds:



Original text:

Users of MySpace should be warned, that the site (owned by Mr Murdoch, i.e. 'The Tabloid Press') has changed its terms and conditions so that now they have the right to use anything you display on the site in any way it chooses, for as long as they like, even after you have deleted it from your profile.

"non-exclusive, fully-paid and royalty-free" worldwide license and sub-licensing rights "to use, copy, modify, adapt, translate, publicly perform, publicly display, store, reproduce, transmit, and distribute" any matter posted by its users, including "messages, text, files, images, photos, video, sounds, profiles, works of authorship, or any other materials".

"Content posted by you may remain on the MySpace.com servers after you have removed the content from the services, and MySpace.com retains the rights to those copies,"

See this article in The Register: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/05/03/myspace_terms/

Comments

[uberredfraggle.livejournal.com]

Especially over material that is already copyrighted like Clerks2 or songs lyrics.

[ev1ldonut.livejournal.com]

Yup, exactly.

[dennyd.livejournal.com]

The T&C grant a license though, which is exactly what you do with copyrighted materials.

They'd probably have a hard time in court if they tried to commercialise something that was already clearly commercialised by its owner though, you're right. It's unsigned bands and unpublished authors that want to be really wary.

[uberredfraggle.livejournal.com]

Myspace: they'll steal your thoughts and turn you EMO! :p