Ask HN: How should I go about getting a terms & privacy policy?

Unless you're doing something truly outrageous, there are boilerplates for these available online.

thanks, Hopefully it's not truly outrageous :) I'm concerned that some of what I'm doing could be out of scope with what's covered in the templates online.

Part of my website includes functionality that allows the user to play mp3s that have been posted by popular music blogs ( and collected/categorized on my end ). I know there are similar applications like 'hype machine' and 'we are hunted' that offer a similar service and appear to be operating w/o much risk; I'm just unclear of whether or not I can get by with tastefully re-using some of the relevant elements listed within their legal forms, or if I should just pay an attorney.

Take a look at the terms/privacy by wordpress.com... it is under a Creative Commons Sharealike license, save those legal fees for raining days. I find it quite easy to adopt for most businesses.

Take a look at OpenDNS' terms of use. It's also under a Creative Commons license.

thanks for the suggestions everyone