Google Chrome, and Privacy Issues...

So, apparently I'm not the only one who reads Terms & Services Agreements or Privacy Statements. And perhaps even more notably, apparently I'm not crazy or anal-retentive to do so; since contraversy was  recently stirred up regarding the T&S agreement of Google's new browser: Google Chrome. Apparently their agreement included sufficiently broad language to retain for Google any copyright or other reserved intellectual property rights to property created using their browser (unless such material has been previously protected by you).

Here is the language in question: "By submitting, posting or displaying the content you give Google a perpetual, irrevocable, 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 Services."

Now based on my prior experiences with Google, I did not see this as an intentional dash for picking up the IP of all users ignorant enough to skip over reading the Terms & Services agreement. Instead, I understood it to be a mistake in rushing the software to market; they probably copied and pasted text from other T&S agreements and their lawyers did a quick/dirty editing job...  Nonetheless, the presence of such broad and overarching language still needed to be addressed before I start doing anything remotely creative in Google chrome.

True to form, Google responded almost instantaneously with not only an immediate remedy but an apology (which really isn't necessary, and to be honest is quite rare from a software company). Thanks Google! Keep up the good work!

And a BIG thanks to all the whistleblowers out there who keep the big companies honest!!! Long live Net Neutrality and the Internet Whistleblower!!!