ToS;DR

If you offer suggestions to the service, they may use that without your approval or compensation, but they do not become the owner


Service: The Weekly Times
Status: APPROVED
Case: If you offer suggestions to the service, they may use that without your approval or compensation, but they do not become the owner
Changes: 4
Source: link
Author: vfvv Lv. 12


The terms of use state: "23. When you submit content to News in any format, including any text, photographs, graphics, video or audio, you grant News a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual licence to publish, transmit or otherwise use that content in our published materials and to provide and improve our services, now and in the future and, possibly, to attribute you using the details you have provided to us, as the author/provider of that content."


Comments:
On 2026-05-31 00:11:33 UTC, Dr_Jeff Lv. 77 Staff wrote:

changes-requested: "and, possibly, to attribute you using the details you have provided to us, as the author/provider of that content."

There's no implication of them having ownership of suggestions. I'm convinced Case 390 (https://edit.tosdr.org/cases/390) is better suited.

On 2026-06-01 15:06:34 UTC, vfvv Lv. 12 wrote:

point updated without comment

On 2026-06-01 23:38:14 UTC, Dr_Jeff Lv. 77 Staff wrote:

APPROVED
No comment given



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Version 4: 2026-06-01 23:38:14 UTC by Dr_Jeff 20149 Lv. 77
Analysis updated

Previous Status: PENDING

Updated Status: APPROVED

Version 3: 2026-06-01 15:06:34 UTC by vfvv 42067 Lv. 12
Analysis updated

Previous Title: If you offer suggestions to the service, they become the owner of the ideas that you give them

Updated Title: If you offer suggestions to the service, they may use that without your approval or compensation, but they do not become the owner

Previous Status: CHANGES REQUESTED

Updated Status: PENDING

Version 2: 2026-05-31 00:11:33 UTC by Dr_Jeff 20149 Lv. 77
Analysis updated

Previous Status: PENDING

Updated Status: CHANGES REQUESTED

Version 1: 2026-05-29 15:45:59 UTC by vfvv 42067 Lv. 12
Analysis created

Title: If you offer suggestions to the service, they become the owner of the ideas that you give them

Analysis: The terms of use state: "23. When you submit content to News in any format, including any text, photographs, graphics, video or audio, you grant News a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual licence to publish, transmit or otherwise use that content in our published materials and to provide and improve our services, now and in the future and, possibly, to attribute you using the details you have provided to us, as the author/provider of that content."

Status: PENDING