Update: Yahoo says the copyright notice in the RSS feed was a mistake and that it was never supposed to be there. It is to be fixed shortly.
It was brought to my attention today that Yahoo is copyrighting the RSS feeds for those that are setting up Yahoo 360 accounts. Some are already refusing to use the service because in a sense Yahoo now owns your content.
This may be a oversight on Yahoo's part and I hope it is, I will probaly use their service anyway but probably not the blog portion and give them some time to answer these issues. [Yahoo 360 Copyrights Personal RSS Feeds]
Comments (6)
I hope Yahoo comes clean on this. I sent you a invite but I guess your not going to use it. I was just trying to be nice. I feel pretty stupid now. Thanks Yahoo.
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March 30, 2005 12:02 AM
Posted on March 30, 2005 00:02
I clarified my remarks it is still going to be a great service so dont feel bad they will have some growing pains.
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March 30, 2005 12:14 AM
Posted on March 30, 2005 00:14
Jimw,
I am very interested in the Yahoo 360! Service. What do you like about the service? Is there anything that you think Yahoo is doing that sets itself apart from the others?
Thank you.
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March 30, 2005 2:35 AM
Posted on March 30, 2005 02:35
How a cut-n-paste can ruin your day: A clarification and a fix for Yahoo! 360
The volume of response to the Yahoo! 360 beta has been unprecedented and we are excited to see so many people sending their feedback in the first days of our maiden voyage. Along the way folks have made lots of great suggestions, praised and panned the features, and found some problems in the beta – a small number of those have been urgent and we are acting on them immediately. An example is the accidental inclusion of a copyright notice in RSS Feeds.
The Yahoo 360 terms of service (TOS) read, in part:
“8. CONTENT SUBMITTED OR MADE AVAILABLE FOR INCLUSION ON THE SERVICE
Yahoo! does not claim ownership of Content you submit or make available for inclusion on the Service.”
But, the XML output from the 360 blog RSS feeds includes:
"Copyright 2005, Yahoo!"
The TOS is correct.
The copyright notice is, and always was, a bug.
Most likely it was included as the result of cut-n-paste from code we use elsewhere and imperfect testing.
The copyright notice bug will be fixed today and will no longer appear on Yahoo! 360 RSS feeds.
We are sorry for any confusion this caused.
If you want to send us your feedback directly you can do so here:
http://add.yahoo.com/fast/help/us/360/cgi_feedback
Thanks,
Mike La Rotonda
Sr. Product Manager, Yahoo! 360
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March 30, 2005 2:39 PM
Posted on March 30, 2005 14:39
That is great to hear. I also sent them an email on that matter. Wow. Don't you just love this stuff.
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March 30, 2005 6:08 PM
Posted on March 30, 2005 18:08
That is great to hear.
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March 30, 2005 6:11 PM
Posted on March 30, 2005 18:11