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Re: Important Geocities Info for anyone who uses them
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lugnet.general
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Wed, 7 Jul 1999 16:10:31 GMT
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cmasi@IHATESPAMcmasi.chem.tulane.edu
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Mike,
I was faulting your original post; I was noting the change in attitude from
Geo-Cities. I think you and others who read the GeoCites statement prompted Geo-Cities
to make a much needed clarification/change.
Thanks,
Chris
Mike Petrucelli wrote:
> Christopher Masi wrote:
> >
> > Wow, this is very different statement that the one orgininal posted here.
>
> Yup I recieved the e-mail below as well. As I posted the original
> statement I now retract it. I was going off of what was written by
> another in a differnt news group. When I read the Terms of Service it
> seemed to support this so I accepted the conclusion. Now I have proof
> that this is not the case, so I will keep my section on geocites. I
> appologize to anyone whom this might have affected. I did feel that it
> was worth pointing out though, as it could have eaisily been correct.
>
> > Ed Jones wrote:
> >
> > > The following now appears as an Important Message on the first page of the
> > > Memebrs Screen:
> > >
> > > Dear Homesteaders,
> > >
> > > We've heard your concerns about the Yahoo! Terms of Service, especially the
> > > section of the Terms regarding content that you include on your Yahoo!
> > > GeoCities site. We'd like to clarify our intentions.
> > >
> > > Yahoo! does not claim ownership of the content on your site. We never have.
> > >
> > > One of the terms in the Yahoo! Terms of Service grants us the license (in other
> > > words, gives us your consent) to use the content on your GeoCities site. We ask
> > > for this license to do the job of serving your pages to the world, but Yahoo!
> > > agrees to the following rules with respect to the content on your GeoCities
> > > site:
> > >
> > > You license your content to Yahoo! so that we can display the content on
> > > your GeoCities site and promote the Yahoo! GeoCities services. The license
> > > exists for as long as you continue to be a Yahoo! GeoCities homesteader, no
> > > longer.
> > >
> > > Yahoo! has the right to reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, and create
> > > derivative works of your content only for the purpose of hosting your GeoCities
> > > site and providing and promoting the Yahoo! GeoCities service.
> > >
> > > Some people have asked if under these rules Yahoo! can do things like
> > > publish a book or make a movie using your Yahoo! GeoCities homepage content. We
> > > cannot.
> > >
> > > We intend for these rules to be legally binding on Yahoo!. And, as the
> > > lawyers say, to the extent that any of these rules conflict with or modify the
> > > Yahoo! Terms of Service, these rules will prevail.
> > >
> > > Folks, please know that we've built our network of services and tools by
> > > committing ourselves to our users. Starting in the early days of the Web with
> > > the Yahoo! directory, we've always made it our job to respond to your needs. We
> > > understand that we owe any success to you. We have no intention of violating
> > > the trust that we've built with you over the years.
> > >
> > > We're blessed to be working in an industry in which, on a daily basis, we hear
> > > the good and the bad directly from people like you. We listen when you talk to
> > > us. The recent merger of Yahoo! and GeoCities does not (and will not) change
> > > that.
> > >
> > > We understand your recent concerns, but there are some very basic and important
> > > reasons why an online company such as Yahoo! asks for such a license.
> > >
> > > For starters, we use many computers to serve to the world the millions of
> > > GeoCities home pages. In order to display your pages quickly and not lose any
> > > of your content (say, in a computer crash), we often need to copy your files
> > > onto more than one computer. Very simply, the license assures that we can do
> > > this.
> > >
> > > In addition, if we choose to promote your page on the top of Yahoo! GeoCities,
> > > or anywhere else on the Yahoo! network (even, for example, in a marketing
> > > promotion of Yahoo!'s many services), we need to reproduce the content. Again,
> > > the license assures that we can do this.
> > >
> > > There are many times when we use other companies to help us serve web pages on
> > > our global network. Sometimes information is changed as it is served to the
> > > world. For example, if your page contains images in JPEG format and the other
> > > company's service uses GIF format, your images may need to be adapted to fit
> > > in.
> > >
> > > These are just a few reasons. Also keep in mind that the Yahoo! GeoCities Terms
> > > of Service (which have been standard on the Yahoo! network) are very similar to
> > > the terms of service of many major Web sites and online services, including
> > > other home page providers.
> > >
> > > We feel the recent merger of Yahoo! and GeoCities will provide many exciting
> > > opportunities for our users, but if you'd rather not keep your home page with
> > > us we, obviously, will respect your wishes.
> > >
> > > Follow this link and we will remove your home page and account as soon as
> > > possible.
> > >
> > > Thank you for your time,
> > >
> > > The Yahoo! Team
>
> --
> -Lord Insanity
>
> "A little nonsense now and then, relished by the wisest men"
>
> Visit me at: http://members.tripod.com/~LordInsanity
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