This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------2F9AA459E92149A4FE7302FF Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit This came over the Ohio mailing list. Sandy Lewis --------------2F9AA459E92149A4FE7302FF Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <OHGEN-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com (bl-14.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.30]) by ns3.zoomnet.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id FAA00772; Wed, 30 Jun 1999 05:14:00 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id CAA28588; Wed, 30 Jun 1999 02:11:03 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 02:11:03 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <000d01bec2d7$a14a2260$c6a94b0c@default> From: "James McCluer" <repa@worldnet.att.net> Old-To: <OHGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 04:04:07 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Subject: [OHGEN-L] FYI - Geocities - Warning! Resent-Message-ID: <nv6oPB.A.Z-G.m8de3@bl-14.rootsweb.com> To: OHGEN-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: OHGEN-L@rootsweb.com Reply-To: OHGEN-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <OHGEN-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/1863 X-Loop: OHGEN-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: OHGEN-L-request@rootsweb.com Attention Geocities Users: If you have GenWeb data on Geocities (I don't) you need to read the following on Geocities new Terms of Service. What it means in a nutshell that Geocities, recently bought out by Yahoo Inc. can do anything with your data that they feel like doing. The following was extracted by me on Geocities Terms of Service Contract: 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. You acknowledge that Yahoo does not pre-screen Content, but that Yahoo and its designees shall have the right (but not the obligation) in their sole discretion to refuse, edit, move or remove any Content that is publicly available via the Service. Without limiting the foregoing, Yahoo and its designees shall have the right to remove any Content that violates the TOS or is otherwise objectionable. You agree that you must evaluate, and bear all risks associated with, the use of any Content, including any reliance on the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of such Content. In this regard, you acknowledge that you may not rely on any Content created by Yahoo or submitted to Yahoo, including without limitation information in Yahoo! Message Boards, Yahoo! Clubs, and in all other parts of the Service. Don't take just my word for it, to confirm this report, read the online news article by Wired Com at URL: http://www.wired.com/news/news/technology/story/20472.html No, I'm not making this up and its for real ! Like I said before, if USGW does not take steps to protect its data in "written" legal language (and not some arbitrary statement on a web page) and it must be agreed to by the Host or Provider of such GenWeb sites, then the data is not safe from redistribution or outright claim to ownership. Don't believe me? The above is an example of what can be done by Web Hosts. Additionally, if you do have a Geocities account, do not, I repeat do not get a new password. Your old password does not work and in order to modify or do anything with your web site on Geocities you must agree to the Terms of Service as stated above. In other words, you have given all your data to Yahoo Inc. if you get a new password and subsequently by default agree to their Terms of Service. Jim McCluer ==== OHGEN Mailing List ==== This list is for the discussion of topics related to the OHGenWeb project by OHGenWeb Coordinators and Assistant Coordinators. OHGenWeb Project: http://www.scioto.org/OHGenWeb/index.html Allen Richmond, sciototrails@usa.net, OHGenWeb State Coordinator Judy Kelble, jkelble@accnorwalk.com, OHGenWeb Assistant State Coordinator --------------2F9AA459E92149A4FE7302FF--