Chrome terms of service changed by Google
Search Engines
05 September 2008
Google has moved to allay fears over the rights of content submitted through its new Chrome browser by changing the wording of its terms of service.
Shortly after the launch of the new browser earlier this week, users spotted a section of the terms that appeared to give the search engine total rights over user-generated content sent via Chrome.
However, Google has sought to clarify that it did not mean the terms to be interpreted in this way and has now changed section 11 to show that all copyright for such content is definitely retained by the user.
"Under copyright law, Google needs what's called a 'licence' to display or transmit content," commented senior product counsel Mike Yang on the Official Google Blog.
"So to show a blog [for example], we ask the user to give us a licence to the blog's content. But ... the license is limited to providing the service."
Net Applications figures suggest that Chrome's browser market share is nearing the two per cent mark.
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