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SemperCogito
SemperCogito writes "The latest Skype EULA includes this attempted theft:
3.2.4 Licence: You hereby grant to Skype a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, sublicensable and transferable licence to Use the Content in any media in connection with the Skype Software, the Products and the Skype Website.
That is the software license equivalent of, "Bwaaah haa haaa, it's mine, ALLL MINE!!!!"
(Well, as a license, it leaves the user with the same rights, but Skype effectively becomes co-owner and can do whatever they please.)
Reading the rest of the EULA, Content is broadly defined as "anything you transmit through Skype." That would include your chats, recordings of your calls, and recordings of your video calls. Nowhere in their privacy agreement or elsewhere do they commit themselves to protecting this Content. In fact, they explicitly say it will be treated as an asset for sale.
This makes me sufficiently uncomfortable that I am seriously considering trying to get my company to switch to an open platform like Pidgin, despite the pain and suffering that will ensue with our users. We'd like chat and audio/video in one Lin/Mac/Win client. Any other Slashdotters concerned by this — and might even have a good alternative?
P.S. IANAL, TINLA"
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3.2.4 Licence: You hereby grant to Skype a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, sublicensable and transferable licence to Use the Content in any media in connection with the Skype Software, the Products and the Skype Website.
That is the software license equivalent of, "Bwaaah haa haaa, it's mine, ALLL MINE!!!!"
(Well, as a license, it leaves the user with the same rights, but Skype effectively becomes co-owner and can do whatever they please.)
Reading the rest of the EULA, Content is broadly defined as "anything you transmit through Skype." That would include your chats, recordings of your calls, and recordings of your video calls. Nowhere in their privacy agreement or elsewhere do they commit themselves to protecting this Content. In fact, they explicitly say it will be treated as an asset for sale.
This makes me sufficiently uncomfortable that I am seriously considering trying to get my company to switch to an open platform like Pidgin, despite the pain and suffering that will ensue with our users. We'd like chat and audio/video in one Lin/Mac/Win client. Any other Slashdotters concerned by this — and might even have a good alternative?
P.S. IANAL, TINLA"
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