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Have You Really Read Your ISP's TOS?
NewtonsLaw writes "XTRA, New Zealand's largest ISP is in the process of losing customers in droves after it announced its new Terms of Service which seek to claim rights over customers intellectual property (see the Slashdot discussion). Now, if that wasn't enough, Aardvark Daily reports that the ISP is also banning its users from saying bad things (anything 'detrimental to our reputation or to our brand') about it. I wonder how many slashdotters have actually read their own ISPs' terms of service in detail? Is this type of IP-grab and clampdown on free speech is unique to Xtra or is it slowly pervading the whole industry, right across the globe?" Read on for Xtra's amendments to the original IP-grab terms, though.
Reader THX1138 points out that "After the very recent story on Xtra (New Zealand's version of AOL) they changed the IP section to include 'Xtra does not claim ownership of any content or material you provide or make available through the Services. However...' at the start and 'in each case for the limited purposes for which you provided or made the Customer Materials available or to enable us and our suppliers to provide the Services.' at the end."
"Have you ever really read your ISP's TOS?"
Nope. Being 19 and not having a good job really sucks, especially with the knowledge and learning curve I have (I ended up teaching the computer classes my last year in high school), but at least I get to live with my parents and leach off of their paid internet access.
Work sucked, until it became unemployment, when it became slightly more tolerable. -Tet
Richard Pearse beat the Wright brothers out in the heavier than air category. He lived right here in CHristchurch, NZ
SBC is a bitch
Shes a big fat bitch
Shes the biggest bitch in the whole wide world
Shes a stupid bitch if there ever was a bitch
Shes a bitch to all the boys and girls...
Monday shes a bitch, on tuesday shes a bitch,
Wednesday to saturday shes a bitch
Then on sunday just to be different
She's a super king kamayamayabitch...
Have you ever met my friend Kyle's ISP?
SBC's the biggest bitch in the whole wide world
Shes a mean old bitch and she has stupid hair
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Shes a stupid bitch
SBC's a bitch
Shes just a dirty bitch
Kyles ISP is a biiiiiiitch
Whoa yeah!
Next week, Kyle's service provider looses segments due to faked macs, ewwwwwwww, bitch!
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