tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-441071406174557701.post2146172388896221640..comments2023-11-29T06:26:48.603-08:00Comments on Abstractioneer by John Panzer: Code, and other laws... (part 2)Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11529069857081314814noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-441071406174557701.post-37458679177169122602006-04-11T21:53:00.000-07:002006-04-11T21:53:00.000-07:00John, This is great however I think this allude...John,<br> This is great however I think this alludes to the question what is AOLs plans for the content of peoples blogs?...yeah true AOL (in part I assume) owns the content of any feeds/blogs posted however for the majority of our users who have no clue this would raise questions and probably lose users...<br><br> As far as "what we do" with it is something that is of non-consequence however...this could be preceived as "duping" members into acquiring their content. I would just be cautious as to what we lead our members to follow, namely the concept of owning their journals and the potential profit vs. creating the content and leaving it as that.shawnsblognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-441071406174557701.post-23822082675614374942006-04-11T22:23:00.000-07:002006-04-11T22:23:00.000-07:00Shawn - As on the rest of the Internet, "You ...Shawn - As on the rest of the Internet, "You own your own words." See the AIM Terms of Service at http://www.aim.com/tos/tos.adp; specifically, "You or the owner of the Content retain ownership of all right, title and interest in Content that you post to public areas of any AIM Product."<br><br>The TOS do give AOL a license to use the content, but we do not own it, and the owner retains all other copyrights (though IANAL). So this would be relevant for AOL Journals. But actually I'm actually more concerned about our feed aggregation products and AOL's ability to offer ad-supported services that surface third party content.panzerjohnnoreply@blogger.com