Google Updates Chrome's Terms of Service

centuren writes "In response to the reaction to Chrome's terms of service, Google has truncated the offending Section 11, apologizing for the oversight. The new Section 11 contains only the first sentence included in their Universal Terms of Service, now stating: 'You retain copyright and any other rights you already hold in Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services.'"

Google Chrome

[Anonymous Coward]

Its icon looks like an anal bead.

Well that sounds reasonable.

[bigtallmofo]

So far we've gotten an apology and a quick amendment that eliminates the offending clause. Now we just need for the group responsible for the oversight to be fired and one or two sacrificial killings and we'll call it even.

TOS

[fhic]

Just when I want to start thinking about them as evil, they have an outbreak of common sense and do the right thing.

Oh well. I still think they're too big and have too much of my data stored away, but I'll let go of the paranoia. Until the next time. :-)

Re:Now if only the uninstaller would really uninst

[QuantumG]

So basically you're saying it doesn't pass Mirosoft application certification procedures?

What a surprise.

Re:What Will Firefox Fanboys Do Now?

[Anonymous Coward]

SpAMmIng every news and discussion boArd on the Net with Fake hysteRIcs over that simple Cut and paste mistaKe was the only thINg The FiRefox fans cOuLd try to do to stop the fLood of people dumping Firefox fOR Chrome?

WHAT they hell are the hardcore Firefox fans going to do now?

We already know, you just keep telling us..

Don't be silly

[David Gerard]

All this is scaremongering. Your confidential business data, bank account details, personal preferences in pornography, medical records and DNA sequence are strictly a matter between you and Google's marketing department, and no-one else. Remember, they're not evil! [today.com]

Re:Well that sounds reasonable.

[prestomation]

"We apologise again for the fault in the
TOS. Those responsible for sacking
the people who have just been sacked,
have been sacked."

Secret Sauce

[TheModelEskimo]

Hmmm, let's see...

1. Loudly complain about annoying features in the beta stage
2. Watch as company removes said features because they're in vulnerable position
3. Rinse and repeat on other products
4. Realize why so many corporations fight for control of the media
5. Start your own local newspaper
6. ?
7. Go out of business because nobody reads newspapers anymore, you moron

Re:Well that sounds reasonable.

[enoz]

"The directors of the firm hired to amend the TOS after the other people had been sacked, wish it to be known that they have just been sacked."

Re:Well that sounds reasonable.

[darthdavid]

A moose bit my sister once.

Re:TOS

[Merusdraconis]

I have a copy of the PC game Morrowind whose EULA explicitly prevents me from using it.

I'm pretty sure it's down to copy-paste.

Re:Well that sounds reasonable.

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Re:Well that sounds reasonable.

[fishthegeek]

Hmmm.... work for D-Link do you?

Re:Don't be silly

[CorporateSuit]

Don't forget their HR department. When I applied at Google, things were going pretty well until I started searching for things like: Farting on Coworkers. Forging a Resume. Stealing Company Secrets. Where can I get a plague rat in Santa Monica? AIDS tests in Santa Monica. California Law and 'giving AIDS to coworkers'. Can I get arrested for giving AIDS to my coworkers? Can Google be brought down from the inside? How to bring down a company from the inside. Define: Arson.

Re:Well that sounds reasonable.

[debatem1]

I love your sig.

Re:Well that sounds reasonable.

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Re:But..

[Anonymous Coward]

I believe that condition is actually known as FAP FAP FAP.

Re:Well that sounds reasonable.

[SillyPerson]

Some people are trying to make it a new punctuation mark to indicate sarcasm.

Sarcasm markup? Now, that's useful~

Re:Well that sounds reasonable.

[kohaku]

Yeah, nothing helps make sarcasm funnier like explicitly stating that it's sarcasm~

Fixed that for you.

Re:Well that sounds reasonable.

[bigstrat2003]

Good news, everyone! Those asinine morons over at the Box network who canceled us were fired for incompetence! Not just fired, but beaten up... and pretty badly, too! In fact, most of them died from their injuries!