Quarterlife more favorable toward UGC than lg15

by immortal1

on Mon Nov 12, 2007 3:46 pm

First glance at the Quarterlife TOS and it appears to be no different than the lg15 TOS.

http://offonatangent.blogspot.com/2007/11/quarterlife-my-so-called-terms-of-use.html

However, after delving into the comments of that blog, a couple of things really stand out 1) it looks like they did a cut and paste job on their TOS as well and 2) Marshall Herskovitz responded: "The point is, what I said was true -- we WILL be influenced by what our users submit, and WILL acknowledge and pay those users whose material we are influenced by."

Not a vague "we hope to monetize you in the future" but we will pay you. Not "no fan videos will ever be incorporated into the series*" but we will acknowledge. He put his reputation on the line to support this claim.

I'd give my rights away for a credit alone never mind a credit AND pay.

I was going to challenge the C's to respond but I think they know they must respond. From signing Bitsie to social networking and featuring UGC, QL seems to going right after lg15's community.

*quote from elixir's interview on BreeFM.
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