Hello Ken (I am a big fan of your bookmarks ;)


I can understand some people's concern in this matter.
Not to debate words with you (or anyone else), webspace providers such as XOOM and
Geocities include such provisions in their TOSs to reduce the consumption of bandwidth
produced by directlinking image and sound files (<img src>, <embed>, etc.) and to try
and
assure that as many people as possible view the respective webspace advertisements
(i.e.,
the xoom banner).

Quoted from http://www.xoom.com/TOS/

"XOOM.com provides members with unlimited web space. Unlimited Web Space, as defined
by
XOOM.com, is comprised of hypertext markup language (html) and associated files,
intended
solely for the audio/visual presentation of the XOOM.com members' web pages. The
spirit
of unlimited web space is specifically not intended as a storage facility for members'
personal digital files. Using it as such is a violation of XOOM.com's Terms of
Service."

In other words, XOOM at least has declared in their TOS that it is a violation for the
member to even have such files not directly related to the html documents
"audio/visual"
presentation.  Members who host such files on XOOM or similar webspace providers run
the
risk of violating the TOS by even storing them.

As to violating such TOSs by a simple link to such files, try to link to an image at
XOOM
sometime and see what happens.

Regardless, as I have stated in previous posts, if any are concerned with the format
of
my links at the http://www.crosswinds.net/~teammbs/   websites, please email me with
specific information concerning your links and they will be promptly altered or
removed.


Sincerely,

October




Ken wrote:

>
>
> The problem with you doing this is that you put some of the people whos files
> you are directly linking to in direct violation of their ISP's TOS. For
> example XOOM and geocities directly forbid linking directly to files on
> pages they provide space for. You run the risk of making it so that
> these page providers will pull the accounts of the people whos files you
> are linking to.
>
> --
> Ken Tyler - 1400+ POV-Ray, Graphics, 3D Rendering, and Raytracing Links:
> http://home.pacbell.net/tylereng/index.html http://www.povray.org/links/

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