You agree that upon posting any material within a group open to the
public on the
> Service, you grant eGroups, and its successors and assigns, a
>non-exclusive,
> worldwide, royalty free, perpetual, non-revocable license under your
>copyrights or
> other intellectual property rights, if any, in such material, to
>use, distribute, display,
> reproduce, and create derivative works from such material in any and
>all media, in
> any manner, in whole or part, without any duty to account to you.
>
>Problem 1 is that I don't think this is a fair price to pay for a free
>service.
I agree! I'm a writer and I often use words and concepts in a novel that I
first wrote in an online message. Also, if my message included a link to
chapters from my novel posted on the web, have I now lost copyright in my
own work?
This kind of wording would steer me entirely away from the service.
Jilla
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