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Riddick/Imageline Letter Forum / What if 'Terms of Service" or "Usage" change
« on: March 12, 2009, 10:41:07 AM »
So much talk about who is responsible if joe schmo buys a cd of clipart at a yard sale if joe schmo now has the same rights for that clipart.
What if Joe Schmo buys clipart from some place such as drawings-r-us and in the terms of service at the time of purchase it does not state that Joe Schmo cant use the artwork to create say "stamps" with the artwork.
Then two years later drawings-r-us decides to go into "stamps" and decides that it does not want any of its customers to make "stamps". It discovers Joe Schmo is making those "stamps", but has been for 2 yrs now.
They tell Joe Schmo to stop. What holds up? The terms of service at the time of Joe Schmo's purchase, or their current terms of service, which Joe Schmo might not be aware of now at this time.
Joe Schmo printed his terms of service at time of purchase and has that, but what happens to the Jane Schmo who might not have the terms of service at the time of her purchase, and since the terms of service was online, the link now only shows current terms of service.
Should "drawings-r-us" have sent a certified letter to each purchaser of their designs to make sure that the change it terms of service was made aware of? Should the end user have to check for change of service terms before they use the product everytime?
What if Joe Schmo buys clipart from some place such as drawings-r-us and in the terms of service at the time of purchase it does not state that Joe Schmo cant use the artwork to create say "stamps" with the artwork.
Then two years later drawings-r-us decides to go into "stamps" and decides that it does not want any of its customers to make "stamps". It discovers Joe Schmo is making those "stamps", but has been for 2 yrs now.
They tell Joe Schmo to stop. What holds up? The terms of service at the time of Joe Schmo's purchase, or their current terms of service, which Joe Schmo might not be aware of now at this time.
Joe Schmo printed his terms of service at time of purchase and has that, but what happens to the Jane Schmo who might not have the terms of service at the time of her purchase, and since the terms of service was online, the link now only shows current terms of service.
Should "drawings-r-us" have sent a certified letter to each purchaser of their designs to make sure that the change it terms of service was made aware of? Should the end user have to check for change of service terms before they use the product everytime?