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Benjamin Duranske of Virtually Blind has drilled down on the Movable Life client's Terms of Service. We gave an overview of the Movable Life client here. Duranske observes that the Terms of Service for Movable Life appear to have some problematic terms with respect to intellectual property.

6.2 Intellectual Property Rights. You acknowledge and agree that 3Di and/or its Affiliates retain the sole and exclusive right, title, and interest in and to the Intellectual Property Rights in this Site, the Movable Life Services, Site Code and Site Contents and all copies thereof, in whole and in part. All ideas, techniques, inventions, systems, formulae, discoveries, technical information, programs, prototypes, and similar developments (the "Developments") developed, created, discovered, made, written, or obtained by you in the course of or as a direct or indirect result of accessing or using this Site and/or Movable Life Services, and all related industrial property, copyrights, patent rights, trade secrets, and other forms of protection thereof, shall be and remain the property of 3Di, and/or its Affiliates. You agree to execute or cause to be executed such assignments and applications, registrations, and other documents and to take such other action as may be requested by 3Di and/or its Affiliate to enable them to protect their rights to any such Developments. [Emphasis by Duranske]

It's the sort of boilerplate you find forgotten in many contracts - but it is a nasty surprise to find it there - Concievably it might not be intentional, though if it is that would be quite rude. Go check out what Duranske has to say on the matter.

Always read the fine print.