WebShots, the photo storage site that many of us use, is owned by the At Home Corp ("ExciteAtHome"), which has filed for bankruptcy. This may have a serious effect on those of us who store photos on WebShots...
Here is the important part of a mailing I received as a WebShots album owner...
" Dear Webshots Member (.name.),
As you may be aware, At Home Corporation ("ExciteAtHome"), the owner of Webshots, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and is in the process of selling some of its assets, including the Webshots business. The buyer of the Webshots business would like to continue providing the Webshots service to you and to other Webshots members.
To do so, your consent is needed for the transfer to the buyer of Webshots of your membership account and your Personal Identifiable Information, as described in the Webshots Privacy Policy. The buyer of the Webshots business will be required to abide by the terms of the current Webshots privacy policy:
http://www.webshots.com/go?terms
At Home has entered into an asset purchase agreement with Twofold Photos LLC, which is a company owned by the three original founders
of Webshots. Under the bankruptcy procedures it is possible that Twofold may be outbid by another party, and that the other party may ultimately be the purchaser of the Webshots assets.
If you wish to continue your Webshots membership after the sale of the Webshots business, you do not need to take any action. After the sale of Webshots your membership will continue and your member information will be transferred automatically to the buyer of Webshots. However, you may elect NOT to continue your Webshots membership and NOT to have your member information transferred to the new buyer of the Webshots business."
It goes on detailing how NOT to continue as a member.
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Well... I guess it could be worse. At least they are saying that the interested buyer wants to continue providing service ~ but note they did NOT say continue providing
FREE service. Does anybody read 'annual membership fee' somewhere in between these lines? If we all loose or give up our WebShots albums, there will be a lot of empty spaces on an awful lot of Pet Talk pages .
Keep your eyes open for more details or information - and please post it here if you see something new.
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