There is a lot of web-based software these days that says it’s “free,” but beware! Many of these software as service sites have terms of service that grant them a perpetual, irrevocable, and transferable right to use anything you post to their site in any way they like. While I have a hard time understanding how anyone could profit off the minutes of my meeting with my professional group colleagues, this sort of license becomes really problematic for any pedagogical materials you may create yourself. The company can use them any way they like, including selling them for profit. Basically, by using their service, you are giving them permission to steal your intellectual property and use it any way they like.
So, before you post substantial amounts of original work to any non-CC website, scan the terms of service. If you see something like the following, think twice before putting any of your original work there:
You understand that by posting information or content on the Website or otherwise providing content, materials or information to Company (referred to collectively as “Submissions”), Company hereby is and shall be granted a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty free, perpetual, irrevocable, and transferable right to fully exploit such Submissions (including all related intellectual property rights) and to allow others to do so.
