Helen Hegener
>X-eGroups-Return:
>sentto-1832202-1077-962393481-HEM-Editor=home-ed-magazine.com@returns.
>onelist.com
>To: <tweetannie@...>
>X-Priority: 3 (Normal)
>Importance: Normal
>From: "Annette M. Hall" <TweetAnnie@...>
>Mailing-List: list [email protected]; contact [email protected]
>Delivered-To: mailing list [email protected]
>List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:[email protected]>
>Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 12:29:49 -0700
>Reply-To: [email protected]
>Subject: [hsfocus] OT - Yahoo buys Egroups.....copyrights infridged
>
>I am not aware of any discussion on our list regarding yahoo's purchase of
>Egroups. While normally this would be no cause for my concern, my husband
>recently received an email on one of his egroups lists that pointed out some
>issues that greatly concern me, they should concern you as well. (Feel free
>to pass this info on to your other egroups lists.)
>
>Yahoo has issued an official press release,
>http://www.egroups.com/local/news.html you can click the link to read it for
>yourself. That is not what bother's me about this. What does lead to cause
>for concern is Yahoo's copyright policy. Simply by being a member of
>Egroups you agree to.....
>
>http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Item #8, section c "grant 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." which basically
>translates to "it's ours and we'll do what we want with it".
>
>It is scary when a corporate entity decides that because you publish
>something on it's service it has the copyright. I think everyone who belongs
>to any Egroups mailing list should know what is happening and Egroups have
>been keeping this one rather close to their chest.
>
>Geocities which was purchased by Yahoo several years ago has an entirely
>different TOS agreement, which I find curious, because I know there was a
>big stink over the copyright infridgment at the time the deal was being
>pushed through. Perhaps someone on the list has a better memory and could
>fill in the blanks.
>
>http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/geoterms.html
>7. CONTENT SUBMITTED TO YAHOO GEOCITIES
>Yahoo does not claim ownership of the Content you place on your Yahoo
>GeoCities Site. By submitting Content to Yahoo for inclusion on your Yahoo
>GeoCities Site, you grant Yahoo the world-wide, royalty-free, and
>non-exclusive license to reproduce, modify, adapt and publish the Content
>solely for the purpose of displaying, distributing and promoting your Yahoo
>GeoCities Site on Yahoo's Internet properties. This license exists only for
>as long as you continue to be a Yahoo GeoCities homesteader and shall be
>terminated at the time your Yahoo GeoCities Site is terminated.
>
>Read through these articles to learn about the deal terms & official word
>from eGroups and Yahoo executives:
>
>TheStreet.com
>Yahoo! to Purchase eGroups
>http://www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/brknews/internet/980595.html
>
>
>CBS MarketWatch
>Yahoo to buy EGroups for $437.5 mln
>http://cbs.marketwatch.com/archive/20000628/news/current/yhoo.htx?source=blq
>/yhoo&dist=yhoo
>
>ZD Net
>Yahoo acquires privately held eGroups
>http://www.zdii.com/industry_list.asp?mode=news&doc_id=ZE504658
>
>Reuters
>Yahoo! to Buy eGroups in $428 Million Stock Deal
>http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000628/bs/tech_egroups_dc_1.html
>
>Upside
>http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/news/wire?id=3959f4973
>
>Atlas
>http://www.atlasventure.com/news/newsarticle.asp?id=402
>
>TechWeb
>http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/reuters-finance/REU20000628S0004
>
>Financial Times
>http://news.ft.com/ft/gx.cgi/ftc?pagename=View&c=Article&cid=FT3KZEGZ0AC&liv
>e=true&tagid=ZZZC00L1B0C&subheading=information%20technology
>
>Wall Street Journal
>http://interactive.wsj.com/articles/SB962199498277859273.htm
>
>San Francisco Chronicle
>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/06/29
>/BU37BIZ.DTL
>
>Red Herring
>http://www.herring.com/industries/2000/0629/ind-egroups062900.html
>
>DMNews
>http://www.dmnews.com/articles/2000-06-26/9111.html
>
>TheDailyDeal.com
>http://www.thedailydeal.com/topstories/A24801-2000Jun28.html
>
>Ecommerce Times
>http://www.ecommercetimes.com/news/articles2000/000629-1.shtml
>
>SiliconValley.com
>http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/front/docs/yahoo062900.htm
>
>ResearchBuzz news
>http://www.researchbuzz.com/news/index.html
>
>Upside
>http://www.upside.com/News/395a645e0.html
>
>AdAge
>http://www.adage.com/interactive/daily/archives/20000629/id20000629-12.html
>
>
>http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
>
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Get a NextCard Visa, in 30 seconds!
>1. Fill in the brief application
>2. Receive approval decision within 30 seconds
>3. Get rates as low as 2.9% Intro or 9.9% Fixed APR
>http://click.egroups.com/1/5197/11/_/_/_/962393481/
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
>[email protected]