<story><title>Findaway&apos;s new terms of service are unacceptable</title><url>https://mwl.io/archives/23448</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>HillRat</author><text>If you&amp;#x27;ve ever been involved in ToS drafting, you&amp;#x27;re used to customers panicking over clauses that you and your attorneys crafted to deal with pretty standard business requirements, such as granting adaptation rights so you can create thumbnails or summaries of user-generated content, for example.&lt;p&gt;This ... is not that. This is &lt;i&gt;facially&lt;/i&gt; overbroad, lacks any kind of even indicative usage limitations, and likely breaks a lot of standard negotiating and contracting for authors within the publishing (and related) industries. While I&amp;#x27;ve seen bad and overbroad adhesion contracts that were cut-and-paste jobs not created by actual counsel, I don&amp;#x27;t think I&amp;#x27;ve seen something this audacious that went through legal review. It&amp;#x27;s predatory.</text></comment>
<story><title>Findaway&apos;s new terms of service are unacceptable</title><url>https://mwl.io/archives/23448</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>Fraterkes</author><text>IANAL but this seems like a textbook example of the kinde of tos abuse that will not be enforcable. &amp;quot;If you click this checkbox you give us usage rights of your IP in perpetuity for free&amp;quot;.</text></comment>