Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There has been quite a bit of discussion on other Pro photog lists. basically, it seems Yahoo are going for a complete grab of rights from anyone who has images on Geocities (a lot of photographers and artists). And, when they unilaterally changed the agreement, they won't allow you to get onto your site to modify it or remove your images, without accepting the agreement. Most likely totally illegal, especially in terms of copyright law, but the possession is 9/10's of the law! Most users seem pretty mad about this. Tim A > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Bill > Sent: June 30, 1999 4:33 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: [Leica] OT: GeoCities users take note > > > Dear Leica Users, > > I know that several of us have pages at Geocities. With the recent > acquisition of Geocities by Yahoo, there has been a (to me) > significant change > in the agreement for service. As I read the new agreement, it > appears that by > posting on the Geocities pages, I am giving up my copyright to > any materials I > have on their server. > > News stories concerning the changes can be found at: > > 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 > > The new agreement can be found at http://cos.yahoo.com/info/terms > > Pay particular attention to paragraph 8 of the agreement, > "Contents Submitted > to Yahoo." Basically you appear to be granting 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....your work. > > Personally, we, as a family, are pulling all of our work from > Geocities. You > might look at the agreement at tripod.com where Tripod (Lycos) rights are > specifically limited. > > I am not an attorney and am not sure that I am reading the > Geocities agreement > correctly, but I, on the face of it, find it to be unacceptable. > > Regards, Bill Larsen > ohlen@lightspeed.net > > > >