Clarification Needed: Section 8, Rule 6, TOS - 34 views

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  #1 The Ravine / Joseph Dunphy on 03 Apr 09

   

  
  
  
  
  On looking through the terms of service, under "Content/Activity Prohibited" (section 8), I found this:
  
  
  
  

  "6. provides any telephone numbers, street addresses, last names, URLs or email addresses;"

  
  
  
  Strictly speaking, this would prohibit us from linking to any site at all; the moment one follows a bookmark, one is provided with the url of the site linked to, which will appear in the address bar of one's browser. A rather curious prohibition on a bookmarking site, as I'm sure the staff would agree. Yet, this would be one of 15 categories of content listed in a section introduced with this passage:
  
  
  
  

  "The following is a partial list of the kind of Content that is illegal or prohibited to post on or through the Services. Diigo.com reserves the right to investigate and take appropriate legal action against anyone who, in Diigo.com's sole discretion, violates this provision, including without limitation, removing the offending communication from the Services and terminating the Membership of such violators. Prohibited Content includes, but is not limited to Content that, in the sole discretion of Diigo.com:"

  
  
  
  implying that any use of the bookmarking service would be seen as a legally actionable misuse of the service, and grounds for termination of the member's access to that service!
  
  I am guessing that this is not what Diigo meant to say, but there it is in black and white, deterring potential users from even getting accounts, and hurting Diigo's business in the process. Might Diigo be willing to consider the possibility of helping itself, by rewriting that clause?
  
  
  
  

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner"> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> On looking through the terms of service, under "Content/Activity Prohibited" (section 8), I found this: <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <table width="90%" align="center"><tbody><tr><td><i>"6. provides any telephone numbers, street addresses, last names, URLs or email addresses;"</i></td></tr></tbody></table> <br /> <br /> <br /> Strictly speaking, this would prohibit us from linking to any site at all; the moment one follows a bookmark, one is provided with the url of the site linked to, which will appear in the address bar of one's browser. A rather curious prohibition on a bookmarking site, as I'm sure the staff would agree. Yet, this would be one of 15 categories of content listed in a section introduced with this passage: <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <table width="90%" align="center"><tbody><tr><td><i>"The following is a partial list of the kind of Content that is illegal or prohibited to post on or through the Services. Diigo.com reserves the right to investigate and take appropriate legal action against anyone who, in Diigo.com's sole discretion, violates this provision, including without limitation, removing the offending communication from the Services and terminating the Membership of such violators. Prohibited Content includes, but is not limited to Content that, in the sole discretion of Diigo.com:"</i></td></tr></tbody></table> <br /> <br /> <br /> implying that any use of the bookmarking service would be seen as a legally actionable misuse of the service, and grounds for termination of the member's access to that service! <br /> <br /> I am guessing that this is not what Diigo meant to say, but there it is in black and white, deterring potential users from even getting accounts, and hurting Diigo's business in the process. Might Diigo be willing to consider the possibility of helping itself, by rewriting that clause? <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> </div>

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  #3 Graham Perrin on 05 Apr 09

   

  @ Joel
  
  Thanks :)
  
  @ Joseph
  
  In a similar vein,
  http://groups.diigo.com/Diigo_HQ/forum/topic/user-posted-content-and-dedication-to-the-public-domain-gentle-review-of-a-diigo-agreement-and-standard-site-footer-41047
  
  Postscript
  
  Comment #2, presumably from Joel, is currently missing from this topic.

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">@ Joel <br /> <br /> Thanks :) <br /> <br /> @ Joseph <br /> <br /> In a similar vein, <br /> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/Diigo_HQ/forum/topic/user-posted-content-and-dedication-to-the-public-domain-gentle-review-of-a-diigo-agreement-and-standard-site-footer-41047" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://groups.diigo.com/Diigo_HQ/forum/topic/user-posted-content-and-dedication-to-the-public-domain-gentle-review-of-a-diigo-agreement-and-standard-site-footer-41047</a> <br /> <br /> <b>Postscript</b> <br /> <br /> Comment #2, presumably from Joel, is currently missing from this topic.</div>

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