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Yahoo! Geocities Guidelines

You agree not to use the Service to:

• engage in remote loading--the act of uploading any file to your Yahoo! GeoCities account for the purpose of storing those files and accessing them remotely from outside a Yahoo! GeoCities owned property -- for example: setting up a home page with another service and linking back to load files stored on your GeoCities account.
• develop restricted or password-only access pages, or hidden pages or images (those not linked to from another accessible page);
• promote or provide instructional information about illegal activities, promote physical harm or injury against any group or individual, or promote any act of cruelty to animals. This may include, but is not limited to, providing instructions on how to assemble bombs, grenades and other weapons, and creating "Crush" sites;
• use your home page (or directory) as storage for remote loading or as a door or signpost to another home page, whether inside or beyond Yahoo! GeoCities;
• have multiple Yahoo GeoCities addresses that are within the same Yahoo! GeoCities neighbourhood or that have the same theme; or
• engage in commercial activities without enrolling in Yahoo!-approved affiliate programs. This includes, but is not limited to, the following activities:
  - offering for sale any products or services;
  - soliciting for advertisers or sponsors;
  - conducting raffles or contests that require any type of entry fee;
  - displaying a sponsorship banner of any kind, including those that are generated by banner or link exchange services, with the sole exceptions of the GeoGuide Banner Exchange program and the Internet Link Exchange;
  - and displaying banners for services that provide cash or cash-equivalent prizes to users in exchange for hyperlinks to their web sites.

SPECIAL ADMONITIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL USE

Recognising the global nature of the Internet, you agree to comply with all local rules regarding online conduct and acceptable content. Specifically, you agree to comply with all applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from Australia, New Zealand, the United States or from the country in which you reside.

GENERAL PRACTICES REGARDING USE AND STORAGE

You acknowledge that Yahoo! may establish general practices and limits concerning the use of the Service. Currently, each Yahoo! Australia & NZ GeoCities address allows particular individuals to have [15]MB of disk space for his or her files.

ADVERTISEMENTS AND PROMOTIONS

Yahoo runs advertisements and promotions on Yahoo! Australia & NZ GeoCities Sites. By creating your Yahoo! Australia & NZ GeoCities Site, you agree that Yahoo! has the right to run such advertisements and promotions. The manner, mode and extent of advertising by Yahoo on your Yahoo! Australia & NZ GeoCities Site is subject to change.

Click here if you would like to report a violation of the Yahoo! GeoCities Guidelines.