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| | Is your ISP after your intellectual property?: ZDNet Australia: News: Business |
 | | The question was bought home to NZ IT columnist Bruce Simpson when he found the ISP he was using claimed rights over his intellectual property in its terms and conditions. |
 | | Xtra, the ISP in question, reportedly quickly changed its ToS, but included provisions prohibiting criticism of the ISP, and requiring users to "edit, delete or cease any future publication of any material or communication which we consider to be
detrimental to our reputation or to our brand" ( screen dump). |
 | | While the intentions of Xtra may have been perfectly benign, it does raise the question of what rights ISPs try to grab in their terms of service, and whether most users would read the entire document to discover what they are signing away. |
| www.zdnet.com.au /news/business/0,39023166,20273573,00.htm (313 words) |
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