[Plugin: WP Calais Auto Tagger] User Beware

  • sekimori

    (@sekimori)


    17 years, 9 months ago

    Everyone using this plugin should be very sure they’ve read Reuters/Calais Web Services’ Terms of Service, particularly this bit:

    You understand that Reuters will retain a copy of the metadata submitted by you or that generated by the Calais service. By submitting or generating metadata through the Calais service, you grant Reuters a non-exclusive perpetual, sublicensable, royalty-free license to that metadata.

    Which means they can take the content you submit for tagging and use it as they see fit and/or sell it to someone else.

    Always read the fine print.

    http://ww.wp.xz.cn/extend/plugins/calais-auto-tagger/

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  • dangrossman

    (@dangrossman)

    17 years, 9 months ago

    Your post content is not metadata. The API lets you submit your own tags and other metadata *about* content with the API call if you wish, which they’re saying they may store.

    Look up the definition of metadata, they’re not claiming they’ll store your content.

    dangrossman

    (@dangrossman)

    17 years, 9 months ago

    From Google “define:metadata”:

    Commonly known as “data about data” it is the data describing context, content and structure of records and their management through time.

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