Orkut came up with this new idea of having weekly columns and photos. Ok. Now. When I first got the e-mail, I thought this would be an opportunity for my dream…come true. To be published. To be famous. To be read by many people. To have others feel my words and be moved. Emotionally. For life.

Then, I read the fine print.

License Grant. All Materials submitted become the property of orkut and its affiliates and may be used, copied, edited, distributed, displayed, redistributed and/or republished in any medium.

Wait a minute. NO?!?!?! I would not want my material published anywhere without my name explicitly attached. I don\’t want to be legally binded. And that I could never publish my work in any other form again.

Sigh.

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