Does Google Own Your Content?

mjasay writes "ZDNet is reporting that Google has a potentially worrisome clause in its User Agreement for Google Apps. Namely, that any content put into the system and 'intended to be available to the members of the public' is free game for Google, reserving the right for Google 'to syndicate Content submitted, posted or displayed by you on or through Google services and use that Content in connection with any service offered by Google.' Google may not be evil, but giving it these (and other) rights to one's data should be ringing alarm bells in the Google Apps user base."

Re:Frosty Piss

[Anonymous Coward]

All your soul are belong to us - Microsoft

Evil is slowly creeping into Google. Or rapidly?

[Futurepower(R)]

"... reproduce, adapt, modify, publish and distribute..."

"Modify" means that, if you say you love your wife, Google can change that and say you hate your wife.

That's how it looks to me.

Re:Does Google Own My Content?

[Anonymous Coward]

Only in the UK. Here it grossly sensationalizes them.

Re:Much Ado About Nothing

[Bert64]

Well then you also do not own a microsoft windows product, but you do still own your several hundred dollars. Congratulations.

Re:Much Ado About Nothing

[Anonymous Coward]

There seem to be a lot of annoying articles such as these lately on Slashdot (More so than usual). I'm here for the real news, not the real FUD.

I think I'll start my own geek news site! With hookers and blackjack! In fact, forget the news site!

Re:Much Ado About Nothing

[Tofystedeth]

You know what? Forget the blackjack too!

Re:Does Google Own My Content?

[gowen]

Only in the UK. Here it grossly sensationalizes them.

In Soviet Russ . OWWW OWWW STOP THAT ... OWWW, THAT HURTS ... QUIT IT #^47NO CARRIER

Re:Evil is slowly creeping into Google. Or rapidly

[Chyeld]

They can also draw mustaches and horns ALL OVER YOUR PICTURES! OMG!

Honestly, there are tin foil hat thoughts and there are just coming up with something to find a flaw, any flaw no matter how ridculous, thoughts.

Re:Which content?

[glwtta]

Man, it used to be that people didn't RTFA--now they don't even read past the title.

I didn't even finish reading the title, my response was "Hell yeah, Google 0wnz!"