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Another part of the quoted license:

> You retain ownership of any intellectual property rights that you hold in that content. In short, what belongs to you stays yours.

Whatever anything else says in the ToS, this wins. Explicit statements always trump implications in contracts. You take that to court, show the judge, and you're on your way to dinner with your winnings later that very same day.

This ToS is not capable of Evil in the way you say. Period.



It explicitly says you license them('Google') the content for promoting their services.


Is this some kind of irrevocable license that you, as copyright holder, must adhere to forever and always?

Or is it a license you can revoke at any time?


They mention that too ... it's irrevocable by you (according to them at least).




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