Here's the relevant portion of the license agreement. Yep, it sounded
pretty standard right up to this point right here. (You know, saying
you only had the rights to your stuff, but not any other stuff sort of
thing), but...this next bit is disturbing. I only hope that Hotmail
doesn't have this same verbiage.
LICENSE TO MICROSOFT
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feedback or suggestions, or engaging in any other form of
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represent that you own or otherwise control the rights necessary to do
so and you are granting Microsoft and its affiliated companies
permission to:
1. Use, modify, copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display,
publicly perform, reproduce, publish, sublicense, create
derivative works from, transfer, or sell any such communication.
2. Sublicense to third parties the unrestricted right to exercise any
of the foregoing rights granted with respect to the communication.
3. Publish your name in connection with any such communication.
The foregoing grants shall include the right to exploit any
proprietary rights in such communication, including but not limited to
rights under copyright, trademark, service mark or patent laws under
any relevant jurisdiction. No compensation will be paid with respect
to Microsoft's use of the materials contained within such
communication. Microsoft is under no obligation to post or use any
materials you may provide and may remove such materials at any time in
Microsoft's sole discretion.
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