Thanks for listening, rant follows.
mike
Sorry about this rant, but here goes anyway.
I really enjoy looking at the pictures that are posted by members of this
list. I do have a problem with having to "sign up" to view pictures on a
site such as www.imagestation.com . Every internet service company,
including AOL, ATT, MSN, and every local provider gives their users web
space to post HTML content and pictures with a lot more freedom for you the
poster and me the visitor. Instructions are usually available somewhere
under "member services" or "features" accessible on the providers website.
I signed in with Sony anyway and I copied part of the license agreement
below. It's pretty interesting reading. For those with short attention spans
I've included a short version.
1. Your stuff is ours to do with as we please forever.
2. It's not our fault, no matter how much damage we cause.
Part of Sony's version:
Full text at: http://www.imagestation.com/member/member_agreement.html
6. License Grant and Intellectual Property Rights
In consideration for the Service, and the potential benefits related
thereto, you grant ImageStation, its successors, licensees and assigns, a
non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, royalty free license to use, modify,
reproduce, distribute, publish, publicly perform, and publicly display your
Member Content, by all means now known, or later created, including but not
limited to display on the Internet, and in all forms of media, now known or
later created.
With respect to your Public Member Content, such license includes, without
limitation, (a) the right for ImageStation and third parties to access and
view the portions of your Public Member Content on the Community Area; (b)
the right to access, display, reproduce, modify, and transmit any portions
of your Public Member Content, and to create, reproduce, display and
distribute selected images, frames, thumbnails or stills from such Public
Member Content. You agree that ImageStation may use the Member Content that
you provide and make available on the Community Area (by selecting such an
option when uploading materials on the Site, or at a later time), at any
time for any other purposes.
11. Warranty, Disclaimer of Warranty
The Service and the Site, including all content, products, services and
information made available or accessed through the Site, are provided "AS
IS", with no warranties of any kind. Uploading, downloading or transmitting
any Member Content or any other material, data, text, images, video, music,
sound or audio files on the Site or through the use of the Service is at
your own risk and in your sole discretion. You will be solely responsible
for any damages to your computer system or loss of data, or any other
damages that result from such uploading, downloading or transmittal, or
otherwise.
PS. me posting this is probably a violation of the agreement, but even my
attention span has it's limits.
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