Paul Chimicz wrote:
> I don't think that
> even Yahoo could claim rights to intellectual property at the
> destination end of a link.
I think it's less about submitting links to the Yahoo! directories (they
could never claim the links as their own... "Hello, Mr Gates? You know that
link to www.microsoft.com someone placed in Yahoo!? Well,...") but it's more
relevant to the "4.6 million" referred to below (and anyone else who gets
bought up in the future)... I would think that "all the benefits of Yahoo!"
(below) includes being subject to Section 8 in the TOS? I'm not sure that's
a "benefit".
I know this isn't strictly "website-info-management" stuff, but (for
example) if students/staff graduate/leave my HE institution and want to
publish some of their results/research on the web then where they publish it
(e.g. on their GeoCities homepage) might affect what they can do with it.
part of http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/990628/ca_yahoo_1.html reads:
GeoCities Publishing Tools Now Part of the Yahoo! Global Network
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 28, 1999--Yahoo! Inc.
(Nasdaq:YHOO - news) today announced it has completed the first
phase of integration of GeoCities, the Web's leader in personal publishing
tools and communities, and unveiled Yahoo!. GeoCities
(www.geocities.com), the place to build a home on the Internet.
Beginning today, GeoCities' more than 4.6 million homesteaders easily can
become part of the Yahoo! Network with access to all of the benefits of
Yahoo!'s universal registered services, including My Yahoo!, Yahoo!
Auctions, Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! Shopping, Yahoo! Travel, and more.
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