Microsoft OwnZ j00 It's a few days old, but worth repeating: The register reports on how Microsoft's Passport Terms of Use pretty much gives them the right to take anything you send via their services. Send an email with a business plan, or creative piece, or photograph, via Hotmail or MSN Messenger, and not only can they see it, they claim the right to copy, resell, distribute and modify your content, including using your name alongside it for whatever they want. You have been assimilated. Guess I'm going to stop using Hotmail and MSN Messenger.
A quick snippet: "The foregoing grants shall include the right to exploit any proprietary rights in such communication [via the Passport Web Site and associated services], including but not limited to rights under copyright, trademark, service mark or patent laws under any relevant jurisdiction. No compensation will be paid with respect to Microsoft's use of the materials contained within such communication."
