What it comes down to is:
- You retain copyright of anything you upload to Google, but:
- “you give Google a worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any Content which you submit, post or display on or through the Service for the sole purpose of enabling Google to provide you with the Service in accordance with its Privacy Policy.”
- Although Google and Adobe claim licenses, the full terms make it clear that these license are limited to actually providing you the service you’re using.
Seems to me that ownership of anything I upload to or create with Google stays with me. Which is nice.
thanks for sharing. Of course, one should have a backup of all their work. So, still need to File -> download your work, or use their zip feature to download everything, or subscribe to a service that backs up your work on a regular basis. Conversely --- all work on your local computer(s) need to be constantly and automatically backed up also.
ReplyDeleteI believe similar language is included in Google's Terms & Conditions statement (you know, that LONG page of legal-speak no one reads?). If you create the work, you own it. BUT - if you upload it to google or any other free hosting service you agree to let them market to you, sell your data to others to market to you and your stuff might end up in the public domain. Google has lots of provisions for how to keep your stuff private, but it isn't widely advertised.
ReplyDeleteIf you are nervous... BUY a service. The rules tilt quite a bit more in your favor once you do :)
Good find M.
ReplyDeleteMost I have talked to in business over the past few days are running their own servers, and only back up to Google when they need something on the road, that is not that marketable.
Still I like to have Google and drop box available for fun and education stuff.