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How conservatives can be banned from using Microsoft services
http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/legal/codeofconduct.htm ^ | 6-17-14 | daniel1212

Posted on 06/19/2014 6:34:27 AM PDT by daniel1212

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1 posted on 06/19/2014 6:34:27 AM PDT by daniel1212
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hey all HAIL Barack aka MonkeyBoy....Obama......






2 posted on 06/19/2014 6:37:15 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
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just means there is a FANTASTIC business opportunity for someone out there to create a Conservative ISP and a Conservative search engine.


3 posted on 06/19/2014 6:39:25 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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If so, they would be violating their own terms.


4 posted on 06/19/2014 6:42:46 AM PDT by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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Oh my children, accept the fact that the day of normal political methods is closing fast. All that is left is the Social War which comes at the end of all Republics. One either fights or one accepts slavery.


5 posted on 06/19/2014 6:46:55 AM PDT by AEMILIUS PAULUS (It is a shame that when these people give a riot)
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Using racist (ahem) language like saying the Washington Redskins?
6 posted on 06/19/2014 6:51:09 AM PDT by blam
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I gave a cursory read to the Code of Conduct in the updated Microsoft Services Agreement, which, among other things, states under Prohibited Uses states,
You will not upload, post, transmit, transfer, distribute, or facilitate distribution of any content (including text, images, sound, video, data, information, or software) or otherwise use the service in a way that:

...Threatens...defames...degrades, victimizes, or intimidates an individual or group of individuals for any reason, including on the basis of age...sexual orientation, race or religion, or incites or encourages anyone else to do so.

Obviously, this is purposely ambiguous and broad ("for any reason"!), but taken at face value the fact is that warning about the Biblical consequences of the homosexual "life[death]style" would be considered threatening and intimidating, and expressing anything negative today about it and the "orientation itself, or even about any culture, would be considered degrading (reduce in worth).

PFL

7 posted on 06/19/2014 6:51:26 AM PDT by Alex Murphy ("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
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Yes, they would.

Perfect opportunity for Conservatives to employ Alinsky against Alinskiites: make them play by their own rules. Start pushing the “violation” button against all the anti-Christian rants out there.


8 posted on 06/19/2014 6:55:10 AM PDT by tanknetter
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To: Mad Dawgg

Here’s one for your Internet is Down ping list.


9 posted on 06/19/2014 6:57:58 AM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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If so, they would be violating their own terms.

Of course, but they are excluded as the law givers

10 posted on 06/19/2014 7:02:13 AM PDT by daniel1212 (Come to the Lord Jesus as a contrite damned+destitute sinner, trust Him to save you, then live 4 Him)
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To: blam

Washington Redskins have trademark revoked,


11 posted on 06/19/2014 7:02:55 AM PDT by daniel1212 (Come to the Lord Jesus as a contrite damned+destitute sinner, trust Him to save you, then live 4 Him)
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"Washington Redskins have trademark revoked,"

Yup.

What a joke.

12 posted on 06/19/2014 7:04:53 AM PDT by blam
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No problems in the world so let's get the Redskins
13 posted on 06/19/2014 7:07:55 AM PDT by blam
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oddly these terms of use policies are copied from one company to the other without much thought. They are essentially adhesion contracts. Zero ability to negotiate by anyone at any level of sophistication.


14 posted on 06/19/2014 7:08:41 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: tanknetter
Perfect opportunity for Conservatives to employ Alinsky against Alinskiites: make them play by their own rules. Start pushing the “violation” button against all the anti-Christian rants out there.

But Verizon and likely others could see this as violating the prohibitions that forbid users to

(h) engage in any conduct harmful to the Verizon network, the Internet generally or other Internet users; (i) generate excessive amounts of email or other Internet traffic

And i forgot to include: >1.1. What services are covered by this Agreement? Outlook.com (formerly Hotmail), OneDrive (formerly SkyDrive), Microsoft account, Microsoft Family Safety, Windows Photo Gallery, Windows Movie Maker, Windows Live Mail, Windows Live Writer (these services are collectively referred to as the “Windows Services”); Office.com, Microsoft Office 365 Home Premium, Microsoft Office 365 University, and other Microsoft Office-branded services that link to this Agreement through a supplemental agreement (the “Office Services”); Bing; and MSN are the primary services this Agreement covers. We refer to these services, as well as other software, websites, and services that link to this Agreement collectively as the “Services.” When using the Services, you must abide by these terms (“this Agreement”)

15 posted on 06/19/2014 7:14:25 AM PDT by daniel1212 (Come to the Lord Jesus as a contrite damned+destitute sinner, trust Him to save you, then live 4 Him)
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To: longtermmemmory
oddly these terms of use policies are copied from one company to the other without much thought. They are essentially adhesion contracts. Zero ability to negotiate by anyone at any level of sophistication.

Exactly. Even some Christian sites employ the the same ambiguous and broad language, which saying anything "hateful,..threatening..or otherwise in violation of ANY law" is forbidden.

16 posted on 06/19/2014 7:16:33 AM PDT by daniel1212 (Come to the Lord Jesus as a contrite damned+destitute sinner, trust Him to save you, then live 4 Him)
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Since I have removed, cleansed, Office from my machine,
do not use Internet Hexplorer, nor Outlook, nor
WindozeMediaPlayback,

What Microsoft Services?


17 posted on 06/19/2014 7:32:58 AM PDT by Terry L Smith
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To: Terry L Smith; ShadowAce

See #15 above. Next it could be even to use Windows. Even some Linux distros could do it i suppose, as the Linux reader does.


18 posted on 06/19/2014 7:59:47 AM PDT by daniel1212 (Come to the Lord Jesus as a contrite damned+destitute sinner, trust Him to save you, then live 4 Him)
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Even more “nexter”, they code burn the s/w into silicon to disable the system entirely—a hardware PC (political correctness) chip.


19 posted on 06/19/2014 8:31:24 AM PDT by SgtHooper (This is not my tag!)
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Arg! code = could


20 posted on 06/19/2014 8:32:08 AM PDT by SgtHooper (This is not my tag!)
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