Re: Something Scary for you Geocities Site Owners...

> Now here is Yahoo/Geocities'
>
> >8. 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
   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

[snort] Like that's going to hold any water. License through proxy.
(License by assumption, no less.)

> >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.

I doubt they could write a more wide-open contract. One wonders if this
would stand up in court, even against a "little guy."

Hemlock