Two great stories from Boing Boing about MSN Spaces:
- A quick rundown of which words you can't use in your Space's name (contains some objectionable language).
- Complaints about invalid markup but more disturbingly, pretty shady terms of use:
"For materials you post or otherwise provide to Microsoft related to the MSN Web Sites (a "Submission"), you grant Microsoft permission to (1) use, copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit, modify, translate and reformat your Submission, each in connection with the MSN Web Sites, and (2) sublicense these rights, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law. Microsoft will not pay you for your Submission. Microsoft may remove your Submission at any time."
Eek! Looks like all our posted pictures and thoughts are Microsoft's mercy and disposal, and we all signed off on it. Read the rest of the terms.