New T&C's

[crmcatee]

You may not have seen that the purchase by Car Guru's has been completed.

There's a thread in GG. https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

However look closely at the all new ' revised' T&C's at the bottom of each page..

Specifically this section :

By posting or distributing Content to or through the Site, unless we indicate otherwise, you (a) grant PistonHeads and its affiliates and sublicensees a nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, worldwide, transferable, irrevocable and fully sublicensable right to use, post, store, reproduce, modify, adapt, edit, translate, distribute, transmit, publish, create derivative works from and publicly display, telecommunicate and perform such Content throughout the world in any media, now known or hereafter devised; (b) grant PistonHeads and its affiliates and sublicensees the right to use the name that you submit in connection with such Content, if they choose in their absolute discretion; and (c) represent and warrant that (i) you own and/or control all of the rights to the Content that you post or otherwise distribute, or you otherwise have the lawful right to post and distribute such Content to or through the Site, and to grant the licenses granted herein; (ii) such Content is accurate and not misleading; and (iii) use and posting or other transmission of such Content does not violate these Terms and Conditions and will not violate any rights of or cause injury to any person or entity. You further grant PistonHeads the right to pursue at law any person or entity that violates your or PistonHeads’ rights in the Content or breaches of these Terms and Conditions.

Reads like a rights grab, worded like a rights grab. Post your pictures and you might as well give them away.

[crmcatee]

8bit said:

Further down the same page:



Specifically regarding photographs (since this thread is in the P&V section), I wonder how this applies to photos linked in here from the likes of Flickr etc. - does that constitute "submission of content" as described here, meaning that PH now can take that and do as they wish, or not?

I would believe so as that's content. Realistically if they were being above board on this they would have had T&C's similar to Flickrs where content providers provide Flickr a licence to use in order to provide the Flickr service and the flickr service only. PH/CG want to have their cake and eat it.

[crmcatee]

If you're happy to give away your rights by posting images on PH to anyone who they seem fit for any reason they want them- crack on.

I gave the example of Flickrs T&C - says exactly what they're going to do with it; no more, no open opportunities and no giving away to people they want to.