Re: Oh, and... (was Re: Web Space)

From: "Hiro M." <hiro_m_2k@...>
> ...I wouldn't trust GeoCities; they have a clause in
> the sign-up agreement stating that anything you post
> on a GeoCities site legally belongs to them, meaning
> that if you were to put a story on a GeoCities site,
> then try to publish it, they could sue you for
> infringing their copyright.
Er, no.

What they have is the right to republish your webpage for promotional reasons on
other parts of Yahoo.

TOS (http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/geoterms.html):
> 7. CONTENT SUBMITTED TO YAHOO GEOCITIES
> Yahoo does not claim ownership of the Content you place
> on your Yahoo GeoCities Site. By submitting Content to
> Yahoo for inclusion on your Yahoo GeoCities Site, you
> grant Yahoo the world- wide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive
> license to reproduce, modify, adapt and publish the Content
> solely for the purpose of displaying, distributing and
> promoting your Yahoo GeoCities Site on Yahoo's Internet
> properties. This license exists only for as long as you
> continue to be a Yahoo GeoCities homesteader and shall
> be terminated at the time your Yahoo GeoCities Site is
> terminated.

    *Muke!
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