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From: Ed Sanders <>
Subject: Re: [AR-OLD-NEWS] HELP!
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 16:04:27 -0500
References: <Law10-F11VvVNgBdXY7000021cd@hotmail.com> <00a201c333eb$ed31c960$11f74143@simplynet.net>


Toni,
Ask THEM (MyFamily.com) if they plan to "kidnap" your material?
If so, demand that they dump it.
You DID save a copy did you not?
If so, while you can get access to it, dump from their site yourself.
Best wishes,
Ed

Toni wrote:

>What's weird is that I got that message too for my sister's site. I've never
>had a chance to even visit it, so how I got the sales pitch is beyond me.
>Toni
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Beverly Edds" <>
>To: <>
>Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 10:30 PM
>Subject: [AR-OLD-NEWS] HELP!
>
>
>
>
>>I'm sorry, I know this may be offtopic (though it does relate directly to
>>both genealogy and our research), but this came to me on another list, and
>>
>>
>I
>
>
>>know it's probably old news, but what REALLY has me concerned here is the
>>part at the bottom from the MyFamily.com website. Can anyone help explain
>>this, please? I have information there and can't afford the price, does
>>
>>
>that
>
>
>>mean my pictures and stuff I have posted there will belong to them?
>> BVE
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>
>>
>>
>>>Important Notice About Your MyFamily.com Website
>>>
>>>
>>>All free websites must be upgraded to paid websites before June 23.
>>>
>>>
>><SNIP>
>>
>>
>>
>>>Still have questions?
>>>
>>>
>>>Does every member of a family website need to pay?
>>>No. Only one person needs to pay for the website in order for all other
>>>website members >to enjoy the same benefits.
>>>
>>>
>>>What will happen if my website is not paid for before June 23?
>>>After June 23, the content on your unpaid websites will become
>>>inaccessible. You will >still be able to log on to MyFamily.com and
>>>
>>>
>locate
>
>
>>>your website, but you will not be >able to view photos, news items or
>>>
>>>
>other
>
>
>>>content until the website is upgraded.
>>>
>>>
>>>If this is the case, then what does this mean that is posted at their
>>>"Terms and Conditions" site?
>>>
>>>
>><SNIP>
>>
>>
>>
>>>User Provided Content
>>>
>>>
>>>Portions of the Service will contain user provided content, to which >you
>>>may contribute appropriate content. For this content, >MyFamily.com, Inc.
>>>is a distributor only. By submitting content to >MyFamily.com, you grant
>>>MyFamily.com, Inc., the corporate host of the >Service, a limited license
>>>to use, host, distribute and allow hosting >and distribution on
>>>
>>>
>co-branded
>
>
>>>Services of the content. You should >submit only content which belongs to
>>>you and will not violate the >property or other rights of other people or
>>>organizations.
>>>
>>>
>><END MYFAMILY.COM>
>>
>>
>>
>>>And from a GenWeb list forward
>>>
>>>
>><SNIP>
>>
>>
>>>If you carefully read what I posted you will see that I was speaking
>>>
>>>
>>about
>>
>>
>>>the current relationship between USGenWeb and RootsWeb (that is >NOW
>>>
>>>
>owned
>
>
>>>by the same company that owns MyFamily and Ancestry.com) in >general.
>>>
>>>
>>>If you look at their business trends -- from free to paid, it is not
>>>
>>>
>>>>entirely impossible to predict that Rootsweb COULD go to a paid
>>>>
>>>>
>>service.
>>
>>
>>> This is conjecture, but not a pipe dream.
>>>
>>>
>>>DO you have insider knowledge, that would assure us that this would never
>>>happen? I'm not trying >to create panic -- it hasn't happened. My
>>>marketing crystal ball tells me it could happen, and it would >be nice if
>>>there could be some proactive work to prevent it.
>>>
>>>
>><END>
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