"Now with the merger (between Yahoo and GeoCities), my Web site is no longer my own intellectual property, and the blood, sweat, and tears I put into it is now worthless . . . they can sell it for their own profit."
- Adrean Clark, a GeoCities user, in an email to News.com.
"The goal here is not to grab other people's work or somehow capitalise on the time they have spent building these home pages. We did not create the terms of service specially for GeoCities users."
- Yahoo executive Tim Brady, adding that the terms are not new to the Yahoo network.
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