http://www.wired.com/news/news/technology/story/20472.html http://www.internetnews.com/wd-news/article/0,1087,10_147231,00.html this was posted TODAY, July 29, 1999 There are many genealogy sites at Yahoo/Geocities If you have your site there, Yahoo/Geocities stole your site and declared them their own. Including your copyrights and refusal to pay royalties to you. Feel free to circulate this message to other lists not receiving this alert. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/20518.html In response to a boycott and criticism from outraged customers, Yahoo late Wednesday changed rules that had given it eternal ownership of all Geocities Web sites. "We're seeing how we can clarify our intentions, given the recent outcry," said Tim Brady, Yahoo vice president of production. The new terms of service, which took effect 3 p.m. PST Wednesday after executives spent the morning huddling with lawyers, now stress that "Yahoo does not own content you submit." blah, blah - long article. Protest and outrage from Geocites was so great in short time. But there are still problems with the Term of Service (ToS). http://www.sitepowerup.com/boycottyahoo/boycottyahoo.htm Large number of sites had been pulled and relocated elsewhere on different servers. Keep pressure up!