http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/03/09/japan-mixi-in-hot-water-over-terms-of-use-revision/ Defending Free Speech Online Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:38:32 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/03/09/japan-mixi-in-hot-water-over-terms-of-use-revision/#comment-8792 Rethinking Media, Democracy and Citizenship » Mixi claims rights on all content Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:38:32 +0000 http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/03/09/japan-mixi-in-hot-water-over-terms-of-use-revision/#comment-8792 [...] Japan’s hugely popular social networking site Mixi is in hot water this week after news [ja] that a proposed revision to its Terms of Use (ToU), to become effective as of April 1st, will force its users to agree to grant Mixi no-royalty, non-exclusive rights over all content published on the site, retroactively applicable to all content uploaded before the changes to the ToU. This means that Mixi can potentially use any content on its servers (including messages sent through its messaging service), ignoring access controls on such content, and potentially profit from it. (link) [...] [...] Japan’s hugely popular social networking site Mixi is in hot water this week after news [ja] that a proposed revision to its Terms of Use (ToU), to become effective as of April 1st, will force its users to agree to grant Mixi no-royalty, non-exclusive rights over all content published on the site, retroactively applicable to all content uploaded before the changes to the ToU. This means that Mixi can potentially use any content on its servers (including messages sent through its messaging service), ignoring access controls on such content, and potentially profit from it. (link) [...]

]]> http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/03/09/japan-mixi-in-hot-water-over-terms-of-use-revision/#comment-8777 Taking a look at people’s online diaries through the community, you can see there are really a lot of people who write passionately. - Global Voices Online at 特許ニュース･知的財産ニュース[特許業界・知的財産業界情報トップ Sun, 09 Mar 2008 14:45:32 +0000 http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/03/09/japan-mixi-in-hot-water-over-terms-of-use-revision/#comment-8777 [...] http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/03/09/japan-mixi-in-hot-water-over-terms-of-use-revision... [...] [...] http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/03/09/japan-mixi-in-hot-water-over-terms-of-use-revision... [...]

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