----- Original Message ----- From: "Deborah Jordan" <djordan@AALAN.UA.EDU> To: "M. Daniels" <margie@majorinternet.com> Cc: <jpduvall@ur.ua.edu> Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2000 9:09 AM Subject: Re: Copyright problems > Dear Ms. Daniels, > > Thank you for bringing this matter to our attention. I am copying > your e-mail to Jan Pruitt Duvall who is webmaster for The > University. Jan, will you please handle or forward to the appropriate > person. Thanks. > > Deborah > > On 18 Jul 00, at 22:00, M. Daniels wrote: > > > Dear Ms. Jordan, > > > > I could not locate the President's email addrss and will send this to you to > > be given to him > > > > My name is Margie Daniels and I host several web sites. > > > > The sites are Barbour County and Geneva County Alabama. > > > > I have a problem. My sites have the cemeteries listed giving their > > location and those that are buried there. > > > > Your CART department has published a book listing the cemeteries in the > > Alabama counties. > > > > I volunteered and submitted information to the CART lab to help them gather > > the information. I was never told that this was going to be used to sell > > books. I was told that the information would be free to the public. I was > > also sent a copy of a map that I posted on the Barbour County site trying to > > get others to help identify the unknown cemeteries. > > > > I was promplty contacted and told that I was in violation of copyright > > infringment. I removed the map and asked that all of my material be > > returned to me and that I was withdrawing any permission I had given to use > > it. I was told that they had no record of any correspondence with me. I > > also asked that they not use information that was posted on the Barbour > > county site. In a email to me the CART lab admitted to surfing the county > > pages for the cemetery information. > > > > Today I have been advised of a page that is on your CART site that has > > copyright information. It clearly shows that the information came from the > > Barbour County site and then has your copyright seal on the bottom. > > http://www.as.ua.edu/geography/cart_lab/publications/volume2/barbour.htm > > > > > > I ask that you have all material that has been taken from Barbour County > > removed from the site. I also respectfully request that you inquire into > > how and where the information came from that the CART lab used to create the > > Alabama Cemetery Atlas. > > > > The Barbour County page is on Rootsweb.com's server they have just been > > bought by Ancestry.com. Ancestry.com is in the business of selling > > genealogy information including cemetery locations and burials. They don't > > harvest our material and they own the server. > > > > I want to thank you in advance for your help in this matter. > > > > Margie Daniels > > CC Barbour County, Al. > > > > >