Terms of Use
In early 2008, Mixi announced a plan to revise their terms of use Mixi 利用規約. The changes, which were supposed to take effect as of April 1, 2008, included a section that appeared to grant Mixi unrestricted ownership to all user generated content. In particular, the proposed changes to Clause 18 stated:
"By posting information, including diaries and the like, on this service, users grant the service the unrestricted right to use said information (whether in the form of reproduction, publication, distribution, translation, modification or the like) without compensation."
However, the clause was never implemented, apparently due to user protests. The relevant portion of the terms of use currently states that "all rights (including copyright and personal-usage rights) for content belong to the user that created it."
In December 2008, Mixi discouraged use of the site for dating, prohibiting users from “using Mixi mainly to meet with strangers of the other sex”.
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