I dont know actually how accurate this info is, but Im just passing it along because I dont want any of you to get screwed over by those RIAA a**holes. Anyways, I was at school talking to my friend Kalin and I mentioned I had a sh**load of mp3s and crap on my gmail account. Then he said I was a dumbass for using gmail, and it was paid for by the RIAA to crack down on filesharing. I always did wonder why they would give you a free gig of space while other email services could only spare a megs. I thought he was being a bit paranoid at first, then I went back and read the terms of use,
http://gmail.google.com/gmail/help/terms_of_use.html, and I was like holy sh**! He could be right.
Proper Use. You agree that you are responsible for your own communications and for any consequences thereof. Your use of the Service is subject to your acceptance of and compliance with the Agreement, including the Gmail Program Policies ("Program Policies"), located at
http://www.google.com/gmail/help/program_policies.html, or such other URL as Google may provide from time to time. You agree that you will use the Service in compliance with all applicable local, state, national, and international laws, rules and regulations, including any laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from your country of residence. You shall not, shall not agree to, and shall not authorize or encourage any third party to: (i) use the Service to upload, transmit or otherwise distribute any content that is unlawful, defamatory, harassing, abusive, fraudulent, obscene, contains viruses, or is otherwise objectionable as reasonably determined by Google; (ii) upload, transmit or otherwise distribute content that infringes upon another party's intellectual property rights or other proprietary, contractual or fiduciary rights or obligations; (iii) prevent others from using the Service; (iv) use the Service for any fraudulent or inappropriate purpose; or (v) act in any way that violates the Program Policies, as may be revised from time to time. Violation of any of the foregoing may result in immediate termination of this Agreement, and may subject you to state and federal penalties and other legal consequences. Google reserves the right, but shall have no obligation, to investigate your use of the Service in order to determine whether a violation of the Agreement has occurred or to comply with any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request.
Anyways, this basically says Google can monitor/investigate the use of their service and turn our a**es in. What are you guys' thoughts on this?