Message from Wolfgang Pfeiffer on Thu, 5 Apr 2001, 15:35 <+0200>:
> Message from Krikofer on Wed, 4 Apr 2001, 18:19 <-0700>:
>
> > Hey, guess what? I know what I saw. Yesterday, as I see this email
> > speaking of this subject, I went to look up Passport Terms agreement and I
> > did see "License to Microsoft". Today I tried to show my wife, IT'S GONE!!!
> > My wife did mention funny quirks showing certain names (don't ask I don't
> > know 'cuz never used it myself). She plan to quit. Now it really
> > untrustworthy to continue.
>
> Yes, they changed something there:
> http://www.passport.com/Consumer/TermsOfUse.asp
>
> " ... This section [ ... where MS says, feedback, suggestions concerning
> "Passport" and sent to MS will as good as be owned by MS ...(W.P.)] is
> inapplicable to any personally identifiable information that you provide
> in connection with your registration for the Passport Service(s)...."
>
> " ...This section also is inapplicable to any documents, information, or
> other data that you upload, transmit or otherwise submit to or through any
> Passport-Enabled Properties ... "
>
> but near the end of this
> "AGREEMENT BETWEEN USER AND MICROSOFT CORPORATION"
> this:
> "All contents of the Passport Web Site are: Copyright © 1999-2001
> Microsoft, Inc. ..."
>
> I'm not a lawyer, and English is not my first language, but it seems there
> is a contradiction between the first two limitations and the last option
> concerning the Copyright ...
Not an "option": it doesn't seem they want to give their users the option
to choose ..
Wolfgang
>
> [ ... ]
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