Larry Page is the CEO of Google, but you can call him “Uncle Larry”. With the launch of Google Plus, Uncle Larry has poised Google to eventually become the largest licensed owner of child porn in the world! To understand how this works you have to understand Google’s Terms of Service, features of Google Plus and the implications of “Instant upload”.
First let’s take a look at Sections 11.1 and 11.2 of Google’s terms of service.
11.1 You retain copyright and any other rights you already hold in Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services. By submitting, posting or displaying the content you give Google a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services. This license is for the sole purpose of enabling Google to display, distribute and promote the Services and may be revoked for certain Services as defined in the Additional Terms of those Services.
