Excite Live...teach it a lesson! GeoCities Member Terms of Service and Page Content GuidelinesThe purpose of the free Personal Home Page program is to give people the ability to create a home on the World Wide Web that reflects their interests, hobbies and background. GeoCities is an amazing place. Hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world have taken up residence in one of our neighborhoods. The pages created by this group of GeoCitizens contain an incredible array of facts, opinions, information, entertainment, and interesting information. We are very mindful of our role as stewards of these communities, and will do our best to ensure that GeoCities remains a positive contributor to the Internet community. Within the guidelines stated below, we are committed to provide a forum for all points of view. If you disagree with some of the opinions expressed by certain members of our community we encourage you to create your own free Personal Home Page and make your own views known. To us, this is the definition of community. We appreciate your interest and support of GeoCities and pledge to you our continued support in building the Societies of the New Frontier. David Bohnett and the Staff of GeoCities Last modified November 22, 1996
GeoCities Member Terms of ServiceGeoCities is not responsible for the content of any Personal Home Page, and the opinions and views expressed in the Personal Home Pages do not necessarily reflect those of GeoCities. The contents of the Personal Home Pages are not reviewed in any way before they appear in GeoCities. We reserve the right to remove any page from the system which is brought to our attention an which we find, in our sole discretion, violates these page content guidelines, or otherwise is in violation of the law. GeoCities does not actively monitor the content of personal home pages, but will investigate complaints of violation of these guidelines. Please contact "alert@geocities.com" regarding any such complaints.Members are solely responsible for everything contained in their own personal home pages. GeoCities does not verify, endorse, or otherwise vouch for the contents of any Personal Home Page. Members can be held legally liable for the contents of their Personal Home Pages, and may be held legally liable for the contents of their home pages, and may be held legally accountable if their personal home pages include, for example, copyrighted, trademarked, patented, or trade secret material without the permission of the author or owner or defamatory comments. In the event that GeoCities receives a complaint that the contents of a personal home page infringe intellectual property rights or otherwise is unlawful, GeoCities shall request substantiation from the complaining party, for example, substantiation of proof of ownership in the form of a trademark, service mark, or copyright registration and, if GeoCities believes it to be appropriate, will contact the member and request a response. GeoCities reserves the right to release current or past member information in the event GeoCities believes that accounts are in violation of the terms of service or content guidelines, used to commit unlawful acts, or if the information is subpoenaed. GeoCities reserves the right to deny membership to repeat offenders of these guidelines or terms of service. GeoCities reserves the right to amend or change these guidelines at any time and without notice. GeoCities reserves the right to use images of homesteader pages for promotional and other purposes. Page Content Guidelines Summary GeoCities has carefully developed the following page content guidelines to promote the free flowing exchange of ideas about your interests, activities, and hobbies, and at the same time maintain standards consistent with the Internet community and the societies of the world at large. Please refrain from using your free Personal Home Page for the following activities:
EnchantedForest residents: Please read the special content guidelines developed especially for that neighborhood. Member Email Guidelines Summary GeoCities encourages you to use your free member email account as often as you like. Always remember to stay within the accepted use policies that govern Internet Email, and do not use it for the purpose of "spamming" newsgroups or individuals, conducting unwanted solicitations of groups or individuals, harassing or threatening anyone, or for the purpose of conducting any illegal activities. Members who are in violation of these policies may be deleted and their pages removed without warning. The only code that we require to be on all of your html pages is a reference back to GeoCities. This can be a reference to the main Neighborhood page that you reside in, or to the GeoCities Home Page. Please see the FTP Procedures Page for the preferred source code. You may use up to 2MB of disk space for your files, and can earn even more by joining our Featured Page Program, or GeoPlus. We support many different filetypes to help you be creative, and offer you the choice of two different home page editors to update and create your pages. We also provide two methods for you to transfer your files to us, FTP, and the GeoCities EZ File Upload Utility. GeoCities is not responsible for the delivery of any goods or services sold or advertised through its sponsors or Commercial Home Pages.
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