ARG... I did it too! :o) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tricia Hall" <tntricia@bellsouth.net> To: "Dorothy Ballenger" <dorothy@linkfast.net> Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2000 12:03 AM Subject: Re: [ALMORGAN] CENSUS > Okie dokie... I hafta get my 2 cents worth in. :: grin :: > > That's the name of the game... donate. Then they copyright the material and > sell it back to you. I can't say for books such as county heritage books; > however, 'donated' information can easily become owned by the organization > to whom you donate the info. I get really upset sometimes at folks that > keep donating their trees to ancestry groups that merely collect them, toss > them on CDs and then sell them for $50 and up, each. At the same time, > there are those situations where generated funds help to continue the > research and spreading of ancestory. So...................... > > Yes, there is a time and a place for the good old copyright. I have worked > myself silly for weeks at the time, doing things such as going blind, > breaking my back and dying of heat while listing entire cemetaries for the > USGenWeb. I learned very quickly to copyright the information and list it > in BEEG lettering in the file that goes up on the web. The idea isn't to > keep the average Joe/Jean Researcher from using it -- the idea is to keep > the ancestry companies from grabbing it and selling it to Joe/Jean and/or to > keep the everyday weasle from scanning it and giving it to them to sell > anyway! Sorry folks, but I sweated blood to get it, and I want credit for > my work! :: grin :: > > I don't know what set this whole thing off to begin with -- I think I missed > something along the line. However, I guess what Kathy had to say originally > is a good thing to remember. I wasn't aware that there were so many > limitations in what one can copy to use for your own family ancestry, > assuming, of course that you give credit where credit is due to the > originator, the collector, assembler, etc. in writing in your notes, or > history or whatever. I guess I thought that if it was printed that if I > wasn't using it for "profit", I could quote it and give credit. > Sheesh............ does that mean that the joke I read this morning on an > email can't be shared 'cause it was written? :: smile:: Or the tombstone > inscriptions that I worked so hard to list can't be copied and used by the > very descendants that I did all the work for? :: she shakes her head :: > > :: she hops down off her soap box, quickly dusts it off and with a swish, > swish, swish of her hands, pushes it back into the corner :: > > Tricia Roberts Hall > Greenville/Spartanburg, SC > __________________________________ > He best understands who has felt the pain. -- The Compassionate Friends > Nicole Noella 12/30/1980 - 4/17/1999 > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dorothy Ballenger" <dorothy@linkfast.net> > To: <ALMORGAN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2000 9:42 PM > Subject: Re: [ALMORGAN] CENSUS > > > > Now I don't understand this. How can they put a copy right on > > information that was donated to them. If you did the whole book than I > > would say that they had a case. Most of the time there are people > > names in the Heritage book. Just write that person and get the > > information first hand. Who knows they may tell you opinions to go > > with it, that they didn't put in the book. That would fix their > > cookies. As far as the cemetery book is concerned, how do they know if > > we went to the cemetery and wrote this down ourselves. > > > > Now I can see a copy right on living people that is in a book. It > > would be to protect the living. I gave my family history to a lady > > that was OK for the book, but I don't want it to be on the Internet on > > a web page. > > > > dorothy@linkfast.net > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: paulahurst <paulahurst@gateway.net> > > To: <ALMORGAN-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2000 8:22 PM > > Subject: [ALMORGAN] CENSUS > > > > > > > I just want to add my two cents worth to this junk about the > > Heritage > > > Books and the Cemetery Books and the Census Records. I can't imagine > > > being so selfish as to begrudge people the use of these sources of > > > information. I think it is really tacky to refuse to allow this > > > information to be shared. I still say you cannot copywright a > > cemetery! > > > The first time they told me I couldn't copy something from the > > Heritage > > > Book, I thought they were joking! I agree that we shouldn't buy any > > of > > > these books from these selfish, greedy people. Paula Hurst > > > > > > > > > ==== ALMORGAN Mailing List ==== > > > Remeber we were all new to genealogy and the internet at one > > time...so give encouragement and knowledge to the new ones...and in > > return we will get new ideas and knowledge from them. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== ALMORGAN Mailing List ==== > > USGenWeb Events: Conferences, Seminars, Fairs etc. > http://www.genealogy.com Be sure to have your state's events posted to the > site. > > > > >