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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
I signed up, couldn't figure out how to unfollow the people they'd assigned me to or un-recommend a book I'd clicked on by mistake.
Went looking for a way to give feedback. Found their "make a suggestion" forum, which is the only way to give feedback... there is no "contact us" button.
Found the most egregious rights-grab I've ever seen in a TOS, including not only the right to make derivative commercial use of anything you submit to them, but "UserVoice may share as it sees fit information that you voluntarily make public, including information that you post on any blogs, message boards, chat rooms or other similar forums, whether or not such forums are owned by UserVoice."
My blog post got a response from a staff member, who said that UserVoice just manages the forums, not Riffle itself. I pointed out that, with no TOS available on Riffle, I have no way to know that. |
I've read your blog post.
At least in Europe, they will not be able to claim those rights. Here, the law supersedes ANY Terms of Service or End User License Agreement. If I publish something, somewhere, I have the copyright, and you're not allowed to use the publication in any way, except when I clearly state that you can do so.
I rather can't believe that this would be otherwise in the US. It's impossible to believe that a company can state that they are free to do whatever they want, with anything you publish on whatever site.
Even if you find a site on which someone called "Katsunami" posts something, you can't be sure it's me. It's a made up nick. Katsunami.com is not my site. DJ Katsunami is not me. I can't be sure if Katsunami.com is actually DJ Katsunami's website, though that site seems to be about music.
That TOS is impossible, as this company would practically be able to own the information in the entire internet, by stating that it was posted by one of its users.