#terms-of-service

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US politics
fromThe Globe and Mail
6 days ago

Hootsuite CEO says ICE contract will stand as long as agency honours terms and conditions

Hootsuite will keep the ICE contract only while the agency complies with the company’s terms of service and usage guidelines.
E-Commerce
fromArs Technica
6 days ago

eBay bans illicit automated shopping amid rapid rise of AI agents

eBay forbids third-party 'buy-for-me' agents and AI chatbots from accessing its platform without permission, signaling response to emerging agentic commerce.
Law
fromPitchfork
1 week ago

T&Cs

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US politics
fromWIRED
2 weeks ago

GoFundMe Ignores Own Rules by Hosting a Legal-Defense Fund for the ICE Agent Who Killed Renee Good

GoFundMe is keeping a fundraiser for ICE agent Jonathan Ross, who fatally shot a civilian, online despite terms banning legal-defense fundraisers for violent crimes.
fromBloomberglaw
2 weeks ago

Meta Terms of Service Question in Scam Ad Suit Sent to 9th Cir.

Meta Platforms Inc. convinced a federal appeals court to certify a question about whether its terms of service and community standards created an obligation for the company to combat scam advertisements. Whether the terms of service and community standards impose a legally enforceable obligation on Meta is a question with substantial grounds for differing opinions, the US District Court for the Northern District of California said Thursday.
Law
fromEngadget
1 month ago

X was spooked enough by new Twitter to change its terms of service

Despite changing its name and using decidedly bird-free branding, X is trying to hold on to its original Twitter trademarks, TechCrunch reports. The xAI-owned social media platform has updated its terms of service to include references to Twitter after previously only mentioning X, and seemingly attempted to counter a startup's petition to cancel the company's Twitter trademarks with a petition of its own.
Social media marketing
Intellectual property law
fromTechCrunch
1 month ago

X updates its terms to lay claim to the 'Twitter' trademark after newcomer's challenge | TechCrunch

X updated its Terms of Service to assert ownership of the "Twitter" trademark after a startup filed to trademark the "Twitter" name.
Artificial intelligence
fromZDNET
2 months ago

I used AI to summarize boring ToS agreements, and these two tools did it best

AI can summarize lengthy Terms of Service pages, saving time and providing useful gist although summaries may contain errors and vary in detail.
Tech industry
fromArs Technica
2 months ago

Arduino's new terms of service worries hobbyists ahead of Qualcomm acquisition

Arduino's updated terms restrict users from reporting potential patent infringements and grant Arduino broad, perpetual rights to use, republish, and monetize user-generated content.
Gadgets
fromTheregister
2 months ago

Makers slam Qualcomm for tightening the clamps on Arduino

Qualcomm changed Arduino's terms to claim broad rights over user content, forbid reverse-engineering, and integrate user data, provoking strong maker-community backlash.
E-Commerce
fromTechCrunch
2 months ago

Amazon sends legal threats to Perplexity over agentic browsing | TechCrunch

Amazon ordered Perplexity to remove Comet from its online store for failing to identify the AI agent, citing terms-of-service violations.
fromElectronic Frontier Foundation
4 months ago

Fair Use Protects Everyone-Even the Disney Corporation

What happened was this: Kimmel and his staff saw that Santos was on Cameo, which allows people to purchase short videos from various public figures with requested language. Usually it's something like "happy birthday" or "happy retirement." In the case of Kimmel and his writers, they set out to see if there was anything they couldn't get Santos to say on Cameo. For this to work, they obviously didn't disclose that it was Jimmy Kimmel Live! asking for the videos.
Intellectual property law
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Video games
fromKotaku
6 months ago

An Old Pokemon Go Cheat Lets You Raid Gyms From Farther Away But Fans Are Worried A Crackdown Is Finally Coming

GPS-scrambling tricks in Pokémon Go let players raid gyms from farther away but violate the game's terms of service.
#soundcloud
fromPitchfork
8 months ago
Artificial intelligence

SoundCloud Addresses Terms of Use Allowing AI Training on Uploaded Music

SoundCloud prioritizes artist empowerment and control while ensuring any AI technology serves to enhance rather than exploit artist creativity.
fromFuturism
8 months ago
Artificial intelligence

SoundCloud Quietly Forced Artists to Let AI Feast on Their Music

SoundCloud's new TOS mandates that musicians consent to their music being used to train AI.
Artificial intelligence
fromPitchfork
8 months ago

SoundCloud Addresses Terms of Use Allowing AI Training on Uploaded Music

SoundCloud prioritizes artist empowerment and control while ensuring any AI technology serves to enhance rather than exploit artist creativity.
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