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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Max Maxwell wrote:
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Unless they refer to the fact that on my links page, I have placed links to
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numerous other search engines other than Yahoo, or companies that do not
sponsor Yahoo. Then, it would be completely unfair and uncalled for, and
violating my 1st Amendment rights.
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No it wouldn’t. The US government, and all lesser related governments (states,
counties, cities, townships, etc.) are restricted from making laws that prohibit
free speech on public property. No such restrictions are made for
private/corporate property. If you walk inside a Target store and start
shouting that they treat their workers unfairly, they have every legal right to
evict you from their property. Now, if you have a legal permit to protest, you
can stand just outside of their property line and make all the fuss you want.
That’s what Freedom of Speech covers. On your own personal property, however,
you have the right to suppress anyone else from saying anything, and
corporations have the same right on their corporate property. Since you were
storing your information on Yahoo’s corporate web-server, if they decide they
want to get rid of it, they have every right to do so.
Anyways, here’s a possibility for you to consider. Were you profiting from the
placement of those ad links? Most free webspace providers have clauses written
into their TOS that say that while you can sell your own personal product
through your website, you are strictly prohibited from being paid to advertise
someone else’s website. They reserve all rights to be compensated for ad-links
anywhere within their domain name. After all, if www.fungeekweb.com can pay
less to put their ad-link on personal Yahoo webpages than they would to be a
Yahoo sponsor, what incentive do they have to pay a advertisement fee to Yahoo?
And when noone is willing to sponsor ads through Yahoo, how do they generate the
funds that allow them to give you free webspace?
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| (...) If you care, just today Yahoo deleted my e-mail and Geocities account and web page, for no apparant reason. They claim I have violated their TOS, but I am certain I have not. Unless they refer to the fact that on my links page, I have placed (...) (21 years ago, 20-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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