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     > IANAL, but it seems quite fishy. Assume you argue that you used the
     > APIs without reading that.

    You really don't want to go down that road without a lawyer's advice.
    An argument of exactly the same form applies to the GPL.

These two issues are totally different, in legal terms.  The GNU GPL
simply exercises copyright.  Those "terms of service" try to make
a contract.