3:00 a.m. 29.Jun.99.PDT If you're a GeoCities homesteader, be warned: Your Web site is no longer your own. Yahoo, which launched its Yahoo-GeoCities site Monday, says it owns all Web pages, articles, and images on member sites and has "irrevocable" rights to them for all time. (Interpretation: We'll steal it all and use for our commercial gain) - ------------------------------------------------ 4:30 p.m. 30.Jun.99.PDT In response to a boycott and criticism from outraged customers, Yahoo late Wednesday abandoned 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. (I really love that word... 'clarify') 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." (Interpretation: Hum... let's get the pro's in here and see how we can lie our why out of this mess... what?, oh hell yes... continue the archive, I can always sell the mail list to Porn and Spam dudes) - --------------------------------------------------- _Mitosis_