[sklug] [offtopic]:narabanie z know how u ISP FW: Geocities...

[MECIAR,Vladimir]

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Tesla Coil [SMTP:tescoil na rtpro.net]
> Sent:	Friday, July 02, 1999 6:03 PM
> To:	linart na li.org
> Subject:	Re: Geocities...
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> On 2 July 1999, Michael Knight cited Yahoo! Terms of Service
> > 8. 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.
> 
> There's also this:
> http://docs.yahoo.com/docs/info/toshelp.html
> 
>  "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."
> 
> This is interpretation, not the actual contract.  Even though Yahoo's own
> interpretation, I don't see what in the TOS indicates it to be the
> *correct*
> interpretation.  Not a lawyer, but I'd guess they remain free to correct
> their
> mistaken interpretation of the agreement you signed, and recognize that
> you
> consented to more than they thought you had.   TOS also states the consent
> "perpetual,  irrevocable."  What would be the interpretation of persons
> who
> might later acquire Yahoo and your agreement with the company?
> 
> But they do appear to have a link from this page permitting deletion of
> your
> GeoCities web site --  http://add.yahoo.com/fast/help/geo/cgi_remove
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