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Subject:Re: Re[2]: Cheapest personal website From:JIMCHEVAL -at- AOL -dot- COM Date:Thu, 16 Oct 1997 14:40:15 -0400
In a message dated 97-10-16 13:15:05 EDT, Arlen -dot- P -dot- Walker -at- JCI -dot- COM writes:
<< This generally seems like a good deal, but one person did tell me
they've been known to yank web sites without warning.
The cases I've heard of were for copyright violations and similar cause.
Most ISP's will yank your site for those reasons. >>
Agreed. But it's the 'without warning' part that made me leary.
I don't want to belabor this point though. One person told me this and I 've
never contacted Geocities to verify.
They're right in Santa Monica, by the way. I actually met one of the owners
at an open studio (the artist - also a superb Flamenco guitarist - does a lot
of their graphics.)
Jim Chevallier
Los Angeles
currently available for consutling/freelance work
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Visit Chez Jim: Jim Chevallier's Home Page - http://www.gis.net/~jimcheval
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