Hi Kathy, This is why I stop doing them I was contacted by a book owner to not to do lookups. When I get request I delete them. It's sad to have to do this by Every thing I do seem to be in violation. Sandy ----- Original Message ----- From: <HudsonK@aol.com> To: <ALGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 02, 1999 11:59 PM Subject: [ALGEN-L] Copyright laws & lookups > I have been contacted by one of my lookups. They forwarded this from a > mailing list they are on. I am sure copyright laws will be changed due to the > internet. But can someone tell me if there are problems with doing the > lookups. > > <<<A person offering lookups from a book he purchased was contacted by the > publisher specifically Hearthstone Books and told not to perform lookups as > this was a violation of the copyright laws. Has anyone been contacted > concerning > lookups? We do quite a few lookups for people from books we've purchased and > I'd like to know what everyone thinks about the above incident.>>> > > Thanks > Kathy > >