>Fellow List Members: > >There has been some confusion as to what Yahoo is demanding from the people >who had web sites at Geocities. I thought this post from another list might >help explain the new Yahoo "use agreement" that is now in effect as part of >their takeover of Geocities. Yahoo has tried to say that they NEED this >kind of agreement in case they want to feature your website on their front >page as advertisement., among other things. Yeah, that's right, they're >only asking for 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....worldwide....in any form....now known or later developed." >What's next? The deed to your house? :-) > >C. F. Luginbill > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Andrew M. Swicegood <andy@swicegood.com> >To: TAYLOR-L@rootsweb.com <TAYLOR-L@rootsweb.com> >Date: Wednesday, June 30, 1999 7:11 PM >Subject: [TAYLOR-L] Deletion of Family Related Genealogy Sites > > >>Friends, >> >>Unfortunately, and because of this statement, part of the agreement to keep >>a geocities/yahoo site, I have taken my genealogy information from the >sites >>at www.geocities.com/Heartland/Bluffs/6051/ and >>www.geocities.com/Heartland/9158/: >> >>"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." >> >>If you have visited any of my sites containing Taylor, Duncan, Rowe, Flora, >>Koontz, Wilson, Young, Beck, Ogle, of course Swicegood, and so many more >>(over 28,000 people) genealogical data and information; to include North >>Carolina, Tennessee, Germany, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, and wish to >>contact me, please do. I am researching a new location, where I will not >>give up any copywrite on material I post. >> >>Yahoo, >> >>Since I did not submit my materials to Yahoo, but to Geocities, and have >now >>deleted them from you site, I wish to make it clear that I did not, nor do >>I, grant to you any rights to material that I had previously submitted to >>Geocities. >> >>Charles, >> >>This would make an excellent story for the Newsletter. >> >>Andrew M. Swicegood >>andy@swicegood.com >> >> >> > >