A look at AIM's Terms of Service

[Gryph]

http://www.benstanfield.com/thrash/2005/03...avesdrops_.html

http://www.benstanfield.com/thrash/2005/03...on_the_aim.html

http://www.aim.com/tos/tos.adp

 

Although you or the owner of the Content retain ownership of all right, title and interest in Content that you post to any AIM Product, AOL owns all right, title and interest in any compilation, collective work or other derivative work created by AOL using or incorporating this Content. In addition, by posting Content on an AIM Product, you grant AOL, its parent, affiliates, subsidiaries, assigns, agents and licensees the irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide right to reproduce, display, perform, distribute, adapt and promote this Content in any medium. You waive any right to privacy. You waive any right to inspect or approve uses of the Content or to be compensated for any such uses.

 

Enjoy.

[Agozer]

Fuck them. This almost wants me to put up that one comic strip from CTRL-ALT-DEL.

[Lucandrake]

wtf mate? Is this new or like old news !?

[Madi]

 

*switches to trillian*

[Gryph]

wtf mate? Is this new or like old news !?

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I don't know, it was posted on Slashdot today. But yeah, those are from last year. Still need to be brought up.

[Lucandrake]

Damn, so all this time aim has all my conversations. I wonder if I say AIM IS GAY in a chat if they will ban me from service

[Agozer]

Damn, so all this time aim has all my conversations. I wonder if I say AIM IS GAY in a chat if they will ban me from service

Correction: AIM is sorta ok, AOL is gay.

 

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To think that there are still people who think that AOL's software is stil lthe greatest in the world.

[Lucandrake]

Wonder if MSN has the same policy

[Gryph]

 

 

*switches to trillian*

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

SecureIM only works if the person you're talking too also has Trillian.

[Z-Neo]

Maybe it's time for me to switch providers, no telling how many of my AOL convorsations they have. I need something cheaper anyways.

[Wizard]

Ha ha. I use aim...I don't care really since I don't do anything to it. Not even change my avatar on it.