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AIM - 3/12/2005 7:23:22 AM

Atavist

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For those of you using or thinking about upgrading to AOL Instant Messenger 5.9, you may want to review the terms of service (http://www.aim.com/tos/tos.adp).

It reads in part -

"AOL owns all right, title and interest in any compilation, collective work or other derivative work created by AOL using or incorporating this Content. In addition, by posting Content on an AIM Product, you grant AOL, its parent, affiliates, subsidiaries, assigns, agents and licensees the irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide right to reproduce, display, perform, distribute, adapt and promote this Content in any medium. You waive any right to privacy. You waive any right to inspect or approve uses of the Content or to be compensated for any such uses."

What this means is that anything that you enter into AIM is owned by AOL and they reserve the right to use it in any way they choose.

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RE: AIM - 3/12/2005 9:53:21 AM

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Hotmail has the same kind of clause in their TOS. Anything you send through hotmail becomes their property.

I wonder, is it only the AIM softwear, or the idea of AIM. I mostly use trillian, which allows you to access AIM without using their softwear. Does that fall under it?

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RE: AIM - 3/12/2005 9:58:41 AM

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I believe trillion is just a portal, you still have to have accounts at the messenger places so yes it falls under AIM's agreement.

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RE: AIM - 3/12/2005 10:22:35 AM

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Yes, I installed Trillian about six weeks ago (and uninstalled it too). I had to set up an account at each of the major IM services - AOL, MSN, ICQ and Yahoo. I am fairly certain I had to agree to the TOS of each of those services.

I don't know why AOL would want to be so invasive... to compile marketing lists that they can sell?

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RE: AIM - 3/12/2005 11:51:21 AM

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I belong to an aol message board for the South Beach diet. Twice they have quoted my messages when they have featured a diet page. Unfortunately that generated unwanted email and IMs.

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RE: AIM - 3/12/2005 7:02:07 PM

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There's a reason why geeks call AOHell that.

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RE: AIM - 3/13/2005 12:58:17 PM

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