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Reuters article on reactions to Yahoo's change of mind: http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,40954,00.html Background on case: http://www.politechbot.com/p-01510.html http://www.politechbot.com/p-01473.html http://www.politechbot.com/p-01189.html Yahoo's Complaint for Declaratory Relief (PDF), December 2000: http://www.cdt.org/speech/international/001221yahoocomplaint.pdf One commentator suggests that the reason for Yahoo's change of mind is that under French corporate law, the judge could seize shares of Yahoo-France to settle the judgement. -Declan ********* "Yahoo! Will Ban Hate Material and Charge Fees on Auction Sites" Wall Street Journal (01/03/00) P. B2; Mangalindan, Mylene In an apparent bow to the wishes of a French court, Yahoo! has announced that it will no longer allow Nazi and Ku Klux Klan memorabilia to be displayed on its Web sites. The new policy also includes a ban on other forms of hate material and will take effect Jan. 10. Music, books, and films remain unaffected by the new policy. Perhaps feeling the pressures of a constricting market for online advertising, Yahoo! also announced that auction items on its Web sites would for the first time be subject to small listing fees, ranging from 20 cents to $2.25. Online advertising accounts for 80 percent of Yahoo!'s revenues, but the steep drop in tech valuations has caused a similar drop in online advertising. Yahoo! plans to use software that filters out hate-related material before it can be listed on the company's sites, and will give users a chance to appeal any blocked items. Yahoo! has not yet decided whether it will appeal the French court ruling that forces Yahoo! to comply with French law barring the sale of Nazi memorabilia. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if it remains intact. To subscribe, visit http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------