Clarity in Terms of Service

[Donald Markstein]

Daniel van Eijmeren

I've always found the Terms of Service of Web servers very clearly written.
A little dry, perhaps, but they tend to be composed in such a way as to be
understandable by any reader of normal intelligence. They know very well
that people looking for free Web sites aren't lawyers, and they have very
good reasons to make sure everyone using their services knows what is and is
not allowed.

Here's an example, from Article 5 of the Yahoo/Geocities Terms of Service:

>> You agree to not use the Service to:
           (... irrelevant copy deleted ...)
>> (f) upload, post or otherwise transmit any Content that
>> infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright
>> or other proprietary rights of any party;

What's hard to understand about that?

Quack, Don

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