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electricmonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-27-07 02:07 AM
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Any classmates.com members here?
I kinda want to join because there are a few people on there that I would like to get a a hold of but I really don't like their terms of service.

This seems way to restrictive to me. I'll admit that a] I'm not a lawyer and b] I'm drunk but that just seems like if you upload a photo to their servers they own it and can do whatever they like with it.

"When you participate in the Classmates community you are granting Classmates certain rights to use the Content you submit or post through the Website. By submitting Content you grant us a royalty-free, worldwide, non-terminable, non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, edit, market, publish, store, distribute, have distributed, publicly and privately display, communicate, publicly and privately perform, transmit, have transmitted, create derivative works based upon, and promote such Content (in whole or in part) in any medium now known or hereafter devised, for editorial, commercial, promotional and all other purposes including, without limitation, the right to publish your name in connection with your Content; and the right to sublicense any or all of these rights. You acknowledge that Classmates owns all right, title, and interest in any compilation, collective work or other derivative work created using or incorporating the Content. "

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And then there is this...
7. LINKING TO OR FROM OUR WEBSITE.

You cannot link to our Website without our prior written consent. While our Website may have links to the websites of other companies and parties, Classmates has no control over those websites. Classmates is not responsible or liable for any content, advertising, products, services or other materials on or available from those websites. Classmates is not responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any content, advertising, products, services or other materials on those websites.
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I tried to put my website in my profile there and it came back with an error saying I couldn't put a link in my profile. I might try again but using mkmoorephotography dot com instead of the usual .com. Maybe that will work. I'm tempted to put a link to the site here but i don't want to get DU into trouble. Doubt it would hold up in any court but still...
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