We Don’t Want Your Content, We Need Permission to Display It – Google
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After all the recent discussions and the update in the Google Chrome Terms of Service, that created much hype, Google announced today that “we don’t want ownership to your content, we just need your permission to display the content you created to the wider world.” This was after some users worried that Google is trying to claim ownership of the content they generate, especially blogs.
The Terms of Service says,
“… Under copyright law, Google needs what’s called a “license” to display or transmit content. So to show a blog, we ask the user to give us a license to the blog’s content. (The same goes for any other service where users can create content.) But in all these cases, the license is limited to providing the service.”
Terms of Service, Google Chrome
Google says this is not unique to them, but it applies to a lot of Internet companies that display and transmit user content. Other Google products like Gmail and Google Docs also have additional terms that Google do not claim ownership over the content, but its just a license that gives them the permission to display user content.
Because, in the end, that’s what’s most important: making sure you’re comfortable using our services to share, publish, and store your stuff. We’ll continue to look at our terms of service to make them as clear and user-friendly as possible, because at the end of the day if you’re not comfortable, our products won’t succeed — and we know it.
Mike Yang, Senior Product Counsel
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