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Google Updates Chrome's Terms of Service

Posted by timothy on from the credit-where-due dept.

centuren writes "In response to the reaction to Chrome's terms of service, Google has truncated the offending Section 11, apologizing for the oversight. The new Section 11 contains only the first sentence included in their Universal Terms of Service, now stating: 'You retain copyright and any other rights you already hold in Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services.'"

8 of 318 comments (clear)

  1. Google Chrome by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Its icon looks like an anal bead.

  2. Well that sounds reasonable. by bigtallmofo · · Score: 5, Funny

    So far we've gotten an apology and a quick amendment that eliminates the offending clause. Now we just need for the group responsible for the oversight to be fired and one or two sacrificial killings and we'll call it even.

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    I'm a big tall mofo.
    1. Re:Well that sounds reasonable. by prestomation · · Score: 5, Funny

      "We apologise again for the fault in the
      TOS. Those responsible for sacking
      the people who have just been sacked,
      have been sacked."

    2. Re:Well that sounds reasonable. by enoz · · Score: 5, Funny

      "The directors of the firm hired to amend the TOS after the other people had been sacked, wish it to be known that they have just been sacked."

    3. Re:Well that sounds reasonable. by SillyPerson · · Score: 5, Funny

      Some people are trying to make it a new punctuation mark to indicate sarcasm.

      Sarcasm markup? Now, that's useful~

  3. Don't be silly by David+Gerard · · Score: 5, Funny

    All this is scaremongering. Your confidential business data, bank account details, personal preferences in pornography, medical records and DNA sequence are strictly a matter between you and Google's marketing department, and no-one else. Remember, they're not evil!

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    http://rocknerd.co.uk
    1. Re:Don't be silly by CorporateSuit · · Score: 5, Funny

      Don't forget their HR department. When I applied at Google, things were going pretty well until I started searching for things like: Farting on Coworkers. Forging a Resume. Stealing Company Secrets. Where can I get a plague rat in Santa Monica? AIDS tests in Santa Monica. California Law and 'giving AIDS to coworkers'. Can I get arrested for giving AIDS to my coworkers? Can Google be brought down from the inside? How to bring down a company from the inside. Define: Arson.

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      I am the richest astronaut ever to win the superbowl.
  4. Secret Sauce by TheModelEskimo · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hmmm, let's see...

    1. Loudly complain about annoying features in the beta stage
    2. Watch as company removes said features because they're in vulnerable position
    3. Rinse and repeat on other products
    4. Realize why so many corporations fight for control of the media
    5. Start your own local newspaper
    6. ?
    7. Go out of business because nobody reads newspapers anymore, you moron