I feel the same way - but what address do you have to register your
outrage!!! And if we take the information off don't they already have a
copy????
Carol
At 07:13 AM 6/30/1999 -0700, you wrote:
Thanks Jim for the info - I am outraged & will be
registering my protest ASAP. Frances
---James McCluer <repa(a)worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>
> Attention Geocities Users:
>
> If you have GenWeb data on Geocities (I don't) you
need to read the
> following on Geocities new Terms of Service. What
it means in a
> nutshell that Geocities, recently bought out by
Yahoo Inc. can do
> anything with your data that they feel like doing.
>
> The following was extracted by me on Geocities
Terms of Service
> Contract:
>
> CONTENT SUBMITTED TO YAHOO
>
> By submitting Content to any Yahoo property, you
automatically grant, or
> warrant that the owner of such Content has
expressly granted, Yahoo the
> royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive
and fully
> sublicensable right and license to use, reproduce,
modify, adapt,
> publish, translate, create derivative works from,
distribute, perform
> and display such Content (in whole or part)
worldwide and/or to
> incorporate it in other works in any form, media,
or technology now
> known or later developed. You acknowledge that
Yahoo does not pre-screen
> Content, but that Yahoo and its designees shall
have the right (but not
> the obligation) in their sole discretion to refuse,
edit, move or remove
> any Content that is publicly available via the
Service. Without limiting
> the foregoing, Yahoo and its designees shall have
the right to remove
> any Content that violates the TOS or is otherwise
objectionable. You
> agree that you must evaluate, and bear all risks
associated with, the
> use of any Content, including any reliance on the
accuracy,
> completeness, or usefulness of such Content. In
this regard, you
> acknowledge that you may not rely on any Content
created by Yahoo or
> submitted to Yahoo, including without limitation
information in Yahoo!
> Message Boards, Yahoo! Clubs, and in all other
parts of the Service.
>
> Don't take just my word for it, to confirm this
report, read the online
> news article by Wired Com at URL:
>
>
http://www.wired.com/news/news/technology/story/20472.html
>
> No, I'm not making this up and its for real ! Like
I said before, if
> USGW does not take steps to protect its data in
"written" legal language
> (and not some arbitrary statement on a web page)
and it must be agreed
> to by the Host or Provider of such GenWeb sites,
then the data is not
> safe from redistribution or outright claim to
ownership. Don't believe
> me? The above is an example of what can be done by
Web Hosts.
>
>
> Additionally, if you do have a Geocities account,
do not, I repeat do
> not get a new password. Your old password does not
work and in order to
> modify or do anything with your web site on
Geocities you must agree to
> the Terms of Service as stated above. In other
words, you have given
> all your data to Yahoo Inc. if you get a new
password and subsequently
> by default agree to their Terms of Service.
>
> Jim McCluer
>
>
>
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