{"id":1518,"date":"2008-11-14T12:12:29","date_gmt":"2008-11-14T16:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/?p=1518"},"modified":"2008-11-14T12:12:29","modified_gmt":"2008-11-14T16:12:29","slug":"google-maps-api-terms-of-service-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/14\/google-maps-api-terms-of-service-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Maps API Terms of Service Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The nearby.org.uk blog has a<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nearby.org.uk\/blog\/2008\/11\/13\/use-google-maps-api-to-display-data-now-powned\/\"> good piece<\/a> on the <a href=\"http:\/\/code.google.com\/apis\/maps\/terms.html\">new Google Maps API Terms of Service<\/a> agreement:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Basically its laid out pretty clearly (see section\u00a011.1)\u00a0that if you use the API to display *your* data, then you grant Google a\u00a0irrevocable licence to do as it sees fit with your data.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sure it says \u201c<em>You retain copyright and any other rights you already hold in Your Content.<\/em>\u00a0\u201d &#8211; first, to soften the blow, but then goes on to say \u201c<em>[to]\u00a0publicly perform, publicly display and distribute Your Content.\u00a0<\/em>\u201d &#8211; I dont see how that is any different to saying they can do what they like with your data.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It gets worse if you have \u201cbusiness listings data\u201d, as 11.1(b) says: \u201c<em>For example, if you create a store locator application, Google may use the business listings information from the store locator to improve the Google Services such as Google Maps and local search.<\/em>\u201d<br \/>\n&#8211; give your data away free to Google why don\u2019t you!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Here is Ed Parson&#8217;s (Google Geospatial expert) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edparsons.com\/2008\/11\/who-reads-the-terms-of-service-anyway\/\">take<\/a> on the new TOS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The nearby.org.uk blog has a good piece on the new Google Maps API Terms of Service agreement: Basically its laid out pretty clearly (see section\u00a011.1)\u00a0that if you use the API to display *your* data, then you grant Google a\u00a0irrevocable licence to do as it sees fit with your data.\u00a0 Sure it says \u201cYou retain copyright &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-google-maps-google-local"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.9 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The nearby.org.uk blog has a good piece on the new Google Maps API Terms of Service agreement: Basically its laid out pretty clearly (see section 11.1) that if you use the API to display *your* data, then you grant Google a irrevocable licence to do as it sees fit with your data. 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