16Tb of online storage, anyone?

[dlorde]

(2012-04-27 14:52)DaveWr Wrote:  “Your Content in our Services: When you upload or otherwise submit content to our Services, you give Google (and those we work with) a worldwide licence to use, host, store, reproduce, modify, create derivative works (such as those resulting from translations, adaptations or other changes that we make so that your content works better with our Services), communicate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute such content..."

So it looks like uploading your music would be illegal, as Google would claim various rights as to what they can do with it. BIG BROTHER.

Bargepoles come to mind..

This is where modern encryption technology comes into its own. Google will have a hard time using your content if you encypt it. This is becoming more practical with high-speed processors and transparent security facilities like TrueCrypt.

[DaveWr]

(2012-04-28 11:26)dlorde Wrote:  

(2012-04-27 14:52)DaveWr Wrote:  “Your Content in our Services: When you upload or otherwise submit content to our Services, you give Google (and those we work with) a worldwide licence to use, host, store, reproduce, modify, create derivative works (such as those resulting from translations, adaptations or other changes that we make so that your content works better with our Services), communicate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute such content..."

So it looks like uploading your music would be illegal, as Google would claim various rights as to what they can do with it. BIG BROTHER.

Bargepoles come to mind..

This is where modern encryption technology comes into its own. Google will have a hard time using your content if you encypt it. This is becoming more practical with high-speed processors and transparent security facilities like TrueCrypt.

Sledgehammers and nuts! IMHO - a simple market approach - don't use!

Dave