TOS revised again as well

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They revised their TOS again.  It's written much more clearly and many of the things we noted in the last update have been changed.

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Section 8. Your Rights to Material you Post

At FanLib, we expect you to post the content you create ("Your Content") on the website. You keep any and all rights to Your Content. FanLib does not own any rights to Your Content. However, when you post Your Content, you are giving FanLib the right to use, reproduce, distribute and publicly display Your Content on the website or through its services (such as email notification and RSS feeds) free of charge.

FanLib also wants to be able to promote Your Content on FanLib.com. As a result, FanLib may create summaries or descriptions of Your Content to promote and/or showcase Your Content. You authorize FanLib to make, reproduce, distribute, and display these summaries or descriptions on FanLib.com or through its services but not for any other purpose unrelated to FanLib.com. If you mark any of Your Content private, we will not promote and/or showcase Your Content.

(This is where their intention to "edit" came in, I think)

Another part of FanLib's service allows other people to use Your Content on the FanLib Website. By putting Your Content on the FanLib website, you are granting each FanLib website user all the rights you have that they need to use, copy, distribute, or display Your Content on the FanLib website.

Section 14. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless FanLib, its officers, directors, employees and agents, from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs or debt, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney fees) arising from any violation of the Terms. This indemnification obligation will survive these Terms and your use of the website for 12 months.

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Over all this lays out their intentions much better than their previous TOS and I think works out better for fans.  I appreciate the effort they've gone to clarify things.  I would ask why couldn't they have said this in the first place, but I think it was more a case of cluelessness on how this would come across to people with concerns about the, oh, profit making intentions.

Good job FanLib.  You get a cookie.  Now keep climbing.