Traditional Definition of a Posty^TM

What a Posty IS

A Posty^TM is a multimedia postcard or gift or greeting composed or assembled or chosen by senders, after which a pick-up notice is sent over the Internet to the recipients, who then can, at their convenience pick up their posty with a browser, by using the link and/or pick-up code from their pick-up notice.

A Posty^TM is stored on a server and held ready for the recipient to access it with a browser for a predefined time, typically 7-21 days.

A Posty^TM is normally "multimedia", combining text, picture(s), animations and sound in a composition, however the sender has a choice whether or not to include sound and other components.

A Posty^TM can include real and virtual gifts like prepaid phone calling cards, flowers, chocolate, coffee or other gift certificates for real items paid for by the sender and to be delivered to the recipient.

To keep the mail flowing smoothly and not to overload the mail servers of Dial Up Access Providers even on busy holidays, a Posty pick-up notice may not include any attachments larger than a digital signature certificate.

And above all, a Posty^TM is FREE.

What a Posty IS NOT

Pictures, Animations, or Movies which are sent as an attachment with email, those are attachments, NOT Postys. The same goes for anything embedded in email, which just like an attachment is forced upon the recipient at a time that may possibly not be at the recipient's convenience, and which also may put undesirable loads onto the mail services.

Examples of a Posty

• You can search for any Posty^TM among sites in MyPostcards Network (since 1997).
• You can have your own professional Posty^TM site. For detailed instructions go to http://mypostcards.net
• For detailed instructions how to add a POD your site go to http://posty.com/pod.html

Why Trademark ?

We have introduced and established Posty^TM as the name for Free Multimedia Internet Greetings since the first full featured posty's we made in 1994 and have allowed and encouraged the name Posty^TM to become a generic term.

The reason we have encouraged the "IN-USE" trademark of the name Posty^TM is so that no "Johnny-come-lately" can come along to hog it and expect cardmasters to pay for the use of the word Posty^TM

Webby, Inc, as the originator and first user of the word Posty in relation to Free Multimedia Internet Greetings, hereby grants to any and all the non-exclusive rights to use the word Posty to refer to Free Multimedia Internet greetings and postcards. You do not have to use the ^TM or the ^® symbol and you do not have to link back to us. This is strictly to protect the FREE use of a generic term.

Helmut Morscher,
President of Webby, Inc.

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