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Tumblr vs. Twitter
11 years ago
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<ragequit fandom>
I was just thinking of how I always try to look at a site's TOS concerning usage rights before joining.
An excerpt from Tumblr's TOS:
"... you grant Tumblr a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, sublicensable, transferable right and license to use, host, store, cache, reproduce, publish, display (publicly or otherwise), perform (publicly or otherwise), distribute, transmit, modify, adapt (including, without limitation, in order to conform it to the requirements of any networks, devices, services, or media through which the Services are available), and create derivative works of, such Subscriber Content...
You also agree that this license includes the right for Tumblr to make all publicly-posted Content available to third parties selected by Tumblr, so that those third parties can syndicate and/or analyze such Content on other media and services...
Note also that this license to your Subscriber Content continues even if you stop using the Services, primarily because of the social nature of Content shared through Tumblr’s Services - when you post something publicly, others may choose to comment on it, making your Content part of a social conversation that can’t later be erased without retroactively censoring the speech of others."
It's not as bad as DeviantArt's where I will never ever post anything. Basically, whatever you submit you give them free permission to copy, alter, and redistribute. Mainly for just how the site is used. It also lets third parties collect information on you based on what you do. Lastly, it implies that if you've deleted your account, things you've posted will remain.
If this is all okay with you, then go ahead and use it. Personally, I'd go ahead and make an account and comment and lurk, but never post anything important.
Twitter has a similar TOS:
"You retain your rights to any Content you submit, post or display on or through the Services. By submitting, posting or displaying Content on or through the Services, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license (with the right to sublicense) to use, copy, reproduce, process, adapt, modify, publish, transmit, display and distribute such Content in any and all media or distribution methods (now known or later developed).
You agree that this license includes the right for Twitter to provide, promote, and improve the Services and to make Content submitted to or through the Services available to other companies, organizations or individuals who partner with Twitter for the syndication, broadcast, distribution or publication of such Content on other media and services, subject to our terms and conditions for such Content use.
Such additional uses by Twitter, or other companies, organizations or individuals who partner with Twitter, may be made with no compensation paid to you with respect to the Content that you submit, post, transmit or otherwise make available through the Services...
You are responsible for your use of the Services, for any Content you provide, and for any consequences thereof, including the use of your Content by other users and our third party partners. You understand that your Content may be syndicated, broadcast, distributed, or published by our partners and if you do not have the right to submit Content for such use, it may subject you to liability. Twitter will not be responsible or liable for any use of your Content by Twitter in accordance with these Terms. You represent and warrant that you have all the rights, power and authority necessary to grant the rights granted herein to any Content that you submit."
The first part gives Twitter free permission to copy, alter, and redistribute whatever you post, likely to make it compatible for different devices and stuff. The second part says they can use what you do to "improve" their Services, and they can give your stuff to other companies they choose. The third part says that they're never going to pay you. The last part says that if something you post gets you in trouble, you're SOL.
If you're cool with these terms, then go ahead and use it. I use Twitter, and I never post any multimedia. Only links.
An excerpt from Tumblr's TOS:
"... you grant Tumblr a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, sublicensable, transferable right and license to use, host, store, cache, reproduce, publish, display (publicly or otherwise), perform (publicly or otherwise), distribute, transmit, modify, adapt (including, without limitation, in order to conform it to the requirements of any networks, devices, services, or media through which the Services are available), and create derivative works of, such Subscriber Content...
You also agree that this license includes the right for Tumblr to make all publicly-posted Content available to third parties selected by Tumblr, so that those third parties can syndicate and/or analyze such Content on other media and services...
Note also that this license to your Subscriber Content continues even if you stop using the Services, primarily because of the social nature of Content shared through Tumblr’s Services - when you post something publicly, others may choose to comment on it, making your Content part of a social conversation that can’t later be erased without retroactively censoring the speech of others."
It's not as bad as DeviantArt's where I will never ever post anything. Basically, whatever you submit you give them free permission to copy, alter, and redistribute. Mainly for just how the site is used. It also lets third parties collect information on you based on what you do. Lastly, it implies that if you've deleted your account, things you've posted will remain.
If this is all okay with you, then go ahead and use it. Personally, I'd go ahead and make an account and comment and lurk, but never post anything important.
Twitter has a similar TOS:
"You retain your rights to any Content you submit, post or display on or through the Services. By submitting, posting or displaying Content on or through the Services, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license (with the right to sublicense) to use, copy, reproduce, process, adapt, modify, publish, transmit, display and distribute such Content in any and all media or distribution methods (now known or later developed).
You agree that this license includes the right for Twitter to provide, promote, and improve the Services and to make Content submitted to or through the Services available to other companies, organizations or individuals who partner with Twitter for the syndication, broadcast, distribution or publication of such Content on other media and services, subject to our terms and conditions for such Content use.
Such additional uses by Twitter, or other companies, organizations or individuals who partner with Twitter, may be made with no compensation paid to you with respect to the Content that you submit, post, transmit or otherwise make available through the Services...
You are responsible for your use of the Services, for any Content you provide, and for any consequences thereof, including the use of your Content by other users and our third party partners. You understand that your Content may be syndicated, broadcast, distributed, or published by our partners and if you do not have the right to submit Content for such use, it may subject you to liability. Twitter will not be responsible or liable for any use of your Content by Twitter in accordance with these Terms. You represent and warrant that you have all the rights, power and authority necessary to grant the rights granted herein to any Content that you submit."
The first part gives Twitter free permission to copy, alter, and redistribute whatever you post, likely to make it compatible for different devices and stuff. The second part says they can use what you do to "improve" their Services, and they can give your stuff to other companies they choose. The third part says that they're never going to pay you. The last part says that if something you post gets you in trouble, you're SOL.
If you're cool with these terms, then go ahead and use it. I use Twitter, and I never post any multimedia. Only links.
