I just posted this on someone elses journal, I'll repeat here...

ok, so I want everyone to calm down and read my post. As some have mentioned, if you read the full terms of service, you will see points where they specifically exclude private Instant Messages. I refer you to this

If Skype receives any notification that any material that you post, upload, edit, host, share and/or publish on the Skype Website or through the Software (excluding your private communications) (“User Submission”) is inappropriate, infringes any rights of any third party, or if Skype wishes to remove your User Submission for any reason whatsoever, Skype reserves the right to automatically remove such User Submission for any reason immediately or within such other timescales as may be decided from time to time by Skype in its sole discretion.

What does this mean? well for anyone familiar with Microsoft, you know they have been rebranding all their services to include "One". This is their initiative to link all MS services together(Xbox One, One Drive, etc)

Recently MS changed their Skydrive service to "One Drive"

Now I don't have 100% proof, but given their recent history, I'm fairly certain MS is planning on linking Skype into the rest of their One services, as it's already on Xbox One. What i believe this is referring to, is One Drive. One Drive is basically a service that allows you to upload and share files(Think drop box) with others. MS has had to change the Skype ToS because they will be allowing file uploads to One Drive from skype and well, as usual, you can't upload and share anything that copywritten or objectionable. Private communications, IE, Instant messages between 2 people, are still protected and you can speak and share things freely as you can now. So everyone please just calm down

I'm not trying to alarm people, I'm showing people that there ISN'T a cause for alarm. :)

Sorry, I saw like 3 other journals about this =___=

Good on you Lapin, thanks for actually READING shit XD

Yup. Now follow your own advice, ya ninny!

*Is shamed by the jester and totally deserves it*

"It is a fool's prerogative to utter truths that no one else will speak." --- Neil Gaiman

Every time you say something on this site I become a bit more impressed and enamored by you

TITTY SPRINKLES.

And now im even more enamored. Thanks! :I

This is the second time that phrase has crossed my vision. I am now hoping it becomes popular.

that's hot...

*shames you and whaps your butt with a bamboo rod*

That isn't really an effective deterrent

OT: it's a standard wording for any website hosting user content, that wants to cover their ass from the "your devil-powered service turned my innocent child into a sex-crazed lunatic" lawsuit. The other option would be to implement some sort of age-verification scheme. Given how slow MS is with updates to the skype client itself, that would take too much time and effort.
Hence they opted for the "even pg-13 is too kinky for you" solution and banned all naughty materials from their servers

i wasn't worried -shift eyes-

Oh furries and how you always rush to irrational conclusions.

"MAH RAHTS AS A SOCIAL PARIAH AND LEWD FETISHIST ARE BEING INFRINGED UPON. THIS IS FURSECUTIOOOON" - Furries

There is no way skype can read every file you send through their systems.. etc etc.

in other words: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qKcJF4fOPs

So skype is not going to ban people for any type of roleplay?

No.

Nope, the change in ToS excludes private communications, including the sharing of links, files, etc between people using the IM part of Skype.

The change is geared towards a social media venture using Skype which has been worked on over the past few years.

I'm just going lol at people going "MY CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS"

people say that when it comes to these things? You know, these things (such as skype) that are part of the internet? You know the internet, that thing that is global and international, not subject to the laws of one country?

wow, people who say "MY CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS" or "That's unlawful" about internet things obviously don't understand the internet >_>

let us both laugh at their mosinderstnadings!

Actually there is international laws (UN even has it's own declaration that sets forward what rights all individuals have). The thing about the internet is that while the internet in general is public space and people have all freedoms involved in international law, Individual Websites and services are basically private locations. You're not allowed to censor someone in a general public area, but any individual location has it's own ToS and can refuse service in that regard (basically the right to refuse service), though sometimes that can backfire and get the individual site in trouble (but that tends to be because something unlawful happened, rather than an enforcement of the proprietor's rights).

So yeh, while public internet ain't without it's rights, private sites have the things they can do that you couldn't do in public areas.

My dear lord that you for posting something that isn't just an iteration of some babbling idiot. You know what the issue with our "constitutional rights" is? The fact that people don't bloody know them.

Gonna signal boost this.

I'd also appreciate if ya keep this up for a while, in case you regularly clean out journals. Thanks ^^;

much thanks for being our diligent legal secretary lapin! :D

though that could be taken either way, i mean that i appreciate you going though the effort of digging though the tos and helping the rest of us see the logic behind this all the easier.

i've jumped the gun a few times in the past, but i wanted more answers and validation for this freakout too. it is a great comfort to know their are people still bothering to think about things around here. even more so to see them speak up. :D

so thank you. :)

sweet now I can send all my nudes without worry of ban :D

I'm just laughing at everyone over reacting and thinking "omg im going to get banned from skype" lawls, there is no possible way for skype to go through the billions of messages sent every minute of every day, not to mention, if they really did ban you for your personal messages, they would end up banning every single person that uses it

That's always been the rule even back in the MSN messenger days.There saying you can not post and host certain content on your public pages but what ever is done in private unless it is reported and violates a law or rule is safe

Agree with everything but the NSA thing...stop being sensationalist and understand that the NSA only monitors targets that trip their radars because they could be dangerous threats...next time you see a car-bomb being blown up, keep complaining about the NSA...I'm sure it'll do good :/ The NSA's not going to record you while you sing on the shower...

I other words, "It doesn't affect me, so I shouldn't care."
Or in other other words, "The ends justify the means."

But I'm not going to elaborate, since that will just derail this whole journal.

I'm just trying to say...would you rather have someone make a terrorist attack because "they deserved their privacy?"

Are you saying we should not be allowed privacy?

No, just sayin that if the NSA's monitoring someone, that someone probably has a good reason to monitor him/her.

Um... okay. Care to explain why we were spying on Angela Merkel, then? Are you saying the NSA had evidence she's a terrorist? (Do you even know who she is?)

Find me ONE example of a terrorist attack that's been stopped because of NSA monitoring. Meanwhile, there was a headline just the other day about an NSA leak proving they were infiltrating and deliberately interfering with peaceful activist groups. So... no, I don't think there's any merit to what you're saying here.

Sorry to have engaged her. I'll leave her alone, but.... grrrr. This is why we can't have nice things.

I love and find it absolutely hilarious that this is one of the major issues for the furry community as a whole.

""you mean there might be something I use that isn't porn? WHAT?! THIS IS CRAZY!""

Wait. Wait.

....... You can use things for stuff besides porn?

Well it would be pretty stupid of them to not ban you from using anything pornographic as your skype icon since skype is so tied into the new xbox XD

To be fair, I know I was one of the first to post a journal about this, but I'm by far not a SJW, drama llama or "My constitutional rights!" idiot as some people on this journal like to claim. :V

Fact is, I am just someone that doesn't likes to be monitored for doing something that not illegal, and who is worried because that kind of thing seems to happen more and more, all over the world, not just in the USA.

As for the english ToU, well, heres the thing, I only can access the german version fully, because Skype automatically directs you to a language version that fits your IP adresse. So I had to rely on friend from outside germany to relay me the english version, and read it too so we can check the validity of this. Both he and me came to the same conclusion. As for the german ToU, its very poorly worded, worse than the english one.

So yeah, again, I'm not someone to start unwanted trouble or drama, I just read this shit over and thought it sounds very suspicious.

I wasn't saying you were being a bad person or anything. The fact that you tried to warn people about this (even though it wasn't real) shows that you're a decent sort who cares about the rights of others.

It's why I didn't mention you by name. I'm just saying that you need to do at least a little research before you make accusations.

In other words, don't be hasty. :)

Oh don't worry, I didn't said you made those accusations. In fact, I'm happy someone corrected me.

Don't care either way. Still gonna have kinky RPs.