Google Withdraws Chrome Copyright Terms

I made my last post about the somewhat dodgy copyright terms for Google Chrome browser. Google has announced on last Wednesday that they plan to alter the terms and conditions for Chrome browser.

As per Google, they use a standard terms and conditions for all their products and they did the same for Chrome. Later they realized that some of it would not be applicable given the nature of this new product and so they plan to do the necessary alterations.

To quote Google….
“In order to keep things simple for our users, we try to use the same set of legal terms (our Universal Terms of Service) for many of our products,” Google said in a statement provided to CNET News. “Sometimes, as in the case of Google Chrome, this means that the legal terms for a specific product may include terms that don’t apply well to the use of that product. We are working quickly to remove language from Section 11 of the current Google Chrome terms of service.”

Google also mentioned that once the change is made, it will apply retroactively to anyone who has downloaded the browser.

Google has already changed the copyright terms and conditions for Chrome browser now and now the section 11 says, “11.1 You retain copyright and any other rights you already hold in Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services.”