] Many readers have written to point out that AOL's new
] Terms of Service for AIM "include the right for AOL to
] use anything and everything you send through AIM in any
] way they see fit, without informing you. A sample
] passage: '...by posting Content on an AIM Product, you
] grant AOL, its parent, affiliates, subsidiaries, assigns,
] agents and licensees the irrevocable, perpetual,
] worldwide right to reproduce, display, perform,
] distribute, adapt and promote this Content in any medium.
] You waive any right to privacy.'"

[ I'm no lawyer of course, and I'm always wary of nerds yammering about legal stuff, but it's still a little disturbing. 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]

Boing Boing: AIM contract takes your privacy