Google declares selling GMail invitations illegal - [Computer Law]
Submitted by Syphonic on 6/30/2004 10:42:07 PM 10 Comments
Google has updated Gmailýs Terms of Service on Monday, prohibiting users from engaging in commercial activities with their Gmail invitations.
Apparently, Google is not very happy with all the Gmail invitations that were being sold accross the Internet and has decided to put an end to this officially.
The new policy reads ýSell, trade, resell or otherwise exploit for any unauthorized commercial purpose or transfer any Gmail account", will likely spelled the end for biddings of Gmail invitations on eBay and Internet forums. Although users can now no longer sell these invitations, I believe that the endless the ýGmail queueý requests will continue until either everybody has got an account, or they eventually lose interests, or Gmail becomes publically opened. Until which ever one of those happened, expect more ýGIVE ME GMAIL!ý to come.
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