Decius wrote:
] 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.

[ Agreed. I'm not likely to switch IM protocols anytime soon, unless everyone starts using Skype or something. -k]

RE: Boing Boing: AIM contract takes your privacy