Granting Google a content license by using Chrome

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Permalink Reply by Keith Gregory on September 3, 2008 at 9:43am

Oh @%#$%!!!!

Sounds like a few lawsuits waiting to happen.

I have sometimes thought that b2b publishers biggest competitor isn't other trade publishers, but Google.

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Permalink Reply by OlegR on September 3, 2008 at 11:20am

I don't think Google would be that stupid/open.

Because such a thing will place them shoulder to shoulder with Microsoft and from a good giant they will become an evil one.
Let's wait and actually see their actual Chrome license agreement...

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Permalink Reply by Keith Gregory on September 4, 2008 at 3:12pm

Looks like they fixed this:

http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/google/showArticle.jht...

Smart catch!

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Permalink Reply by Sean Fulton on September 9, 2008 at 1:10pm

That isn't very different from the Google AdWords contract for media sites. As a media site, Google will give you a percentage of the money they make running ads off of their site, but they won't tell you how big a percentage or even how much money they make off of your site.

sean

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Permalink Reply by Prescott Shibles on September 9, 2008 at 1:59pm

Or if they do tell you the percentage, it's off the "net" revenues and won't provide audited gross numbers.

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Permalink Reply by Rachel Armour on September 23, 2008 at 7:36pm

Hi Prescott:

Yes, I actually did read that disclaimer before I downloaded Google Chrome and started to use it. I actually prefer it to the other browser. It is really easy to navigate and very simple to use, without all the distractions. You know that Google is scanning every book in the world, and asking for permission after the fact. We know that this is called copyright infringement, but I can see the bigger picture. I can see the flattening of the World, like Thomas Friedman speaks about. I can see my opportunities opening up far more than before Google existed. I guess if I want to publish something I don't want Google reproducing, adapting, modifying, translating, publishing, publicly performing, publicly displaying and distributing, then I will use a different web browser. I also use Google sites and am overall impressed with how far advanced they are compared to some of the other big timers like AOL/Time Warner, Yahoo, and Microsoft. Thanks for the post man, I appreciate the information.

Sincerely,

Rachel "Kenyata Truth" Armour
www.teachuswrite.com

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Permalink Reply by Cynthia Cheng on November 26, 2008 at 10:35am

To some, this is the "new way." Many new media publications use Creative Commons (and similar orgs) licensing, because they believe the point of the Internet is to share. Most, however, use some sort of limited license (e.g. must credit original author and any commercial use requires permission).

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