I agree. We have been user Friendly. ----- Original Message ----- From: Lygia Cutts <Cuttstree@net1inc.net> To: <ALGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 1999 11:06 AM Subject: Re: Abuse - Copyright violation > Hi B.J., > > While this is true, I think my first letter to him was put to him in as a > friendly way as I could. All I did was point out that he shouldn't have > copied the files and insist he remove them and also told him to feel free > to link to the files. I gave him a week to respond and have had no > response. I know of one submitter who wrote to him asking him to please > give her credit for her work or remove her files. All he had to do was > respond. I think we are being fair about this and I did ask for advice from > other Archives Project Managers before even writing to the guy. I was told > to write to him asking him to remove the files and give him a week to do so > and then if I didn't receive a response to contact the server. This is what > I have done. I am sure this guy may be a very nice guy, but he should at > least reply to our emails. > > Lygia > > At 10:04 AM 5/12/99 -0400, B.J. Smothers wrote: > >Fellow Alabama Coordinators, > > > >I wish I'd seen the postings about this earlier but was otherwise > >preoccupied with my mom's illness. > > > >This poor guy probably had the bejesus scared out of him! He's a regular > >poster on the AfriGeneas list and seems like a nice guy. I'm sure he's > >pretty new to the internet and was probably unaware that he couldn't post > >material in it's entirety without permission. Some newbies are confused by > >the distinction between this and linking to a site. > > > >I saw a posting about a cemetery listing (not one in AL; I would have > >recognized that one) on AfriGeneas and LINKED to the one on his site > >unaware that it wasn't his work. He even responded to my question about > >whether it was an African American cemetery. > > > >In the future when we come across things like this let's keep it in > >perspective and give the offenders the benefit of doubt. It's not as though > >this were a large site where they disguise the theft by hiding our files in > >databases only accessible by search engine. This guy's were out in the > >open. He was pretty proud of his site and even invited folks to come visit! > > > >Whoever found this first should have just dropped him a friendly line along > >the lines of "BTW, did you know you can't..." and allowed him to remove > >them gracefully. > > > >We've ALL made mistakes early in our internet careers! > > > >B.J. Smothers > >Dallas, Marengo and Wilcox counties > > > Lygia Dawkins Cutts > 881 Weaver Road > Brewton, AL 36426 > Cuttstree@Net1inc.net > > Lygia's Genealogy Page > http://users.net1inc.net/cuttstree/index.htm > Southwest AL Genealogy Surname Registry > http://members.tripod.com/~lygia/index-1.html > ALGenWeb - AL File Manager > http://www.rootsweb.com/~algwarch/alfiles.htm > ALGenWeb - Escambia County > http://users.net1inc.net/cuttstree/escambia/gendex.html > ALGenWeb - Lamar County > http://www.rootsweb.com/~allamar/lamar.htm > ALGenWeb - Conecuh County > http://www.rootsweb.com/~alconecu/conecco.html > Lygia's Clogging Page > http://users.net1inc.net/cuttstree/clog.htm >