1. Because of the huge number of stupid intellectual property lawsuits that have been won, IP lawyers for companies offering services that host content seem to ask, by default, for ridiculously broad rights to protect themselves. What they should be saying is, instead, that as long as you're a member, you grant them the right to display material that you've uploaded and that you warrant you have the rights to display, and that as soon as you cancel membership or remove files, that those rights end. That is just as legal, just as binding, and protects their rights just as much. But it's not all inclusive, and that's how IP lawyers think they're protecting the client. Orkut needs to ask their lawyers to think about the members of the service being their clients as much as orkut.

Posted at 4:38AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Glenn Fleishman

2. ... people should look at their services like the phone line. The phone company gives you the phone line and you talk on it--but they don't own your conversation and are not responsible if you use the phone line to commit a crime.

Of course your phone call is not distributed to millions of people around the globe by default, but the idea is the same. Orkut is a platform, how you use it is your business.

Posted at 4:38AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Jason McCabe Calacanis

3. There are actually a few problems here. The TOS is unquestionably harsh (and rude). However, there's also possibly a loophole between the fact that Orkut is allowed to share personal data with Google, and the Google privacy policy seems limited to data they collect by way of the google.com website. This may mean that Google can make unrestricted use of any information they receive from Orkut (it's hard to tell) .

I've written this up here:

http://www.livejournal.com/users/fieldsnyc/14089.html

Posted at 4:38AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Adam Fields

4. lovely idea. i hope it works

Posted at 4:38AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Abiodun Ajide

5. sir

i wanna be orkut member plz send me invitation thakyou very much

Posted at 4:38AM on Dec 19th 2005 by titus

6. plz plz ivite me

Posted at 4:38AM on Dec 19th 2005 by rafay

7. Because of the huge number of stupid intellectual property lawsuits that have been won, IP lawyers for companies offering services that host content seem to ask, by default, for ridiculously broad rights to protect themselves. What they should be saying is, instead, that as long as you're a member, you grant them the right to display material that you've uploaded and that you warrant you have the rights to display, and that as soon as you cancel membership or remove files, that those rights end. That is just as legal, just as binding, and protects their rights just as much. But it's not all inclusive, and that's how IP lawyers think they're protecting the client. Orkut needs to ask their lawyers to think about the members of the service being their clients as much as orkut.

Posted at 4:38AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Glenn Fleishman

8. ... people should look at their services like the phone line. The phone company gives you the phone line and you talk on it--but they don't own your conversation and are not responsible if you use the phone line to commit a crime.

Of course your phone call is not distributed to millions of people around the globe by default, but the idea is the same. Orkut is a platform, how you use it is your business.

Posted at 4:38AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Jason McCabe Calacanis

9. There are actually a few problems here. The TOS is unquestionably harsh (and rude). However, there's also possibly a loophole between the fact that Orkut is allowed to share personal data with Google, and the Google privacy policy seems limited to data they collect by way of the google.com website. This may mean that Google can make unrestricted use of any information they receive from Orkut (it's hard to tell) .

I've written this up here:

http://www.livejournal.com/users/fieldsnyc/14089.html

Posted at 4:38AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Adam Fields

10. lovely idea. i hope it works

Posted at 4:38AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Abiodun Ajide

11. sir

i wanna be orkut member plz send me invitation thakyou very much

Posted at 4:38AM on Dec 19th 2005 by titus

12. plz plz ivite me

Posted at 4:38AM on Dec 19th 2005 by rafay

13. Because of the huge number of stupid intellectual property lawsuits that have been won, IP lawyers for companies offering services that host content seem to ask, by default, for ridiculously broad rights to protect themselves. What they should be saying is, instead, that as long as you're a member, you grant them the right to display material that you've uploaded and that you warrant you have the rights to display, and that as soon as you cancel membership or remove files, that those rights end. That is just as legal, just as binding, and protects their rights just as much. But it's not all inclusive, and that's how IP lawyers think they're protecting the client. Orkut needs to ask their lawyers to think about the members of the service being their clients as much as orkut.

Posted at 4:38AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Glenn Fleishman

14. ... people should look at their services like the phone line. The phone company gives you the phone line and you talk on it--but they don't own your conversation and are not responsible if you use the phone line to commit a crime.

Of course your phone call is not distributed to millions of people around the globe by default, but the idea is the same. Orkut is a platform, how you use it is your business.

Posted at 4:38AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Jason McCabe Calacanis

15. There are actually a few problems here. The TOS is unquestionably harsh (and rude). However, there's also possibly a loophole between the fact that Orkut is allowed to share personal data with Google, and the Google privacy policy seems limited to data they collect by way of the google.com website. This may mean that Google can make unrestricted use of any information they receive from Orkut (it's hard to tell) .

I've written this up here:

http://www.livejournal.com/users/fieldsnyc/14089.html

Posted at 4:38AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Adam Fields

16. lovely idea. i hope it works

Posted at 4:38AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Abiodun Ajide

17. sir

i wanna be orkut member plz send me invitation thakyou very much

Posted at 4:38AM on Dec 19th 2005 by titus

18. plz plz ivite me

Posted at 4:38AM on Dec 19th 2005 by rafay