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Dropbox licensing5/7/2023 I could accept this for what I put in my 'Public' folder, but I will not grant such license for my private files," wrote one angered Dropbox user on Dropbox's user forums.ĭropbox founders Drew Houston and Arash Ferdowsi quickly updated a blog post regarding the new terms and conditions in hopes of calming the firestorm. I do not grant 'worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicenseable rights to use, copy, distribute, prepare derivative works' of my private documents, my work documents, my tax returns, my 1Password database, or any of my private files. "I'm deleting my account as I write this. The updated terms of service, which was e-mailed to all Dropbox users, sent shockwaves through the user community. Originally, Dropbox wrote: "By submitting your stuff to the Services, you grant us (and those we work with to provide the Services) worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicenseable rights to use, copy, distribute, prepare derivative works (such as translations or format conversions) of, perform, or publicly display that stuff to the extent reasonably necessary for the Service." Dropbox has made sweeping changes to its terms and conditions, likely as a result of a security lapse in which an authentication bug made all users' Dropbox accounts accessible with any password for more than four-hours late last month.īut Dropbox quickly changed the language of some of its revised terms and conditions after the company stated that it has certain ownership rights over customer data.
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