Re: AOL Terms and Conditions -- Revealed!

[Derek Balling <dredd () megacity org>]

At 3:31 PM -0400 4/28/01, Shawn McMahon wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 09:57:43PM -0400, Alan Clegg wrote:
> >  *NOT* going to agree to their 'terms'.  With the agreement of my laywer,
> >  I've posted the terms to which I was being asked to agree.
> >
> >         http://www.mailinglists.org/aol.html
>
> It's official; AOL's lawyers are completely out of their minds.
>
> That list should in and of itself be enough to allow committal for
> 72-hour observation.
>
> They don't even follow all of those themselves.

Does anyone know if AOL has tried to impose those terms on "big 
names" (e.g., Listbot, yahoogroups, etc.)?

I can't picture a major competitor to AOL (such as Microsoft or 
Yahoo) agreeing to abide by the AOL TOS, among the many other 
ludicrous things in there.... :)

D

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