k wrote:
] I mean, I never assumed that anything i sent
] through AIM was especially private, but I don't really like
] the idea of AOL using it for whatever they want either. Then
] again, they aren't charging me for the use of their servers
] either, so to some extent, I guess I don't have lot of
] bitching room. -k]

Meh... I think this is just lawyers covering asses. AOL is not going to be taking your private AIM messages and posting them to the public internet. However, if they did not disclaim all of your rights you could try to sue them because they made copies of your "intellectual property" in ram on their server while they were delivering it to it's destination or some other crap like that.

The reality is that this kind of stuff is not going to happen, and if you are worried about it happenning, then why worry about the law protecting you. It can still happen even if its not covered by contract. You should use a more secure IM protocol instead.

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