Perhaps folks are unaware of a great website for checking out all things civil war: soldiers, regiments, pensions, etc http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/index.html Margaret ****************** "It is what it is." On Aug 26, 2006, at 4:13 PM, docjones35 wrote: > Le, here is some information concerning copyright. It looks to me > that > information cited from public records has no protection under the > law....Take a look....docjones > > Here is a bit of information concerning copyright and its > application to > certain things... > > What Is Not Protected by Copyright? > Several categories of material are generally not eligible for federal > copyright protection. These include among others: > > a.. Works that have not been fixed in a tangible form of > expression (for > example, choreographic works that have not been notated or > recorded, or > improvisational speeches or performances that have not been written or > recorded) > > b.. Titles, names, short phrases, and slogans; familiar symbols or > designs; mere variations of typographic ornamentation, lettering, or > coloring; mere listings of ingredients or contents > > c.. Ideas, procedures, methods, systems, processes, concepts, > principles, > discoveries, or devices, as distinguished from a description, > explanation, > or illustration > > d.. Works consisting entirely of information that is common > property and > containing no original authorship (for example: standard calendars, > height > and weight charts, tape measures and rulers, and lists or tables > taken from > public documents or other common sources) > > e.. You might want to visit the following: > > f.. http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html#wwp > > g.. It looks like the last paragraph concerns the issue currently > being > kicked around on ALPIKE.....docjones > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Le Bateman" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2006 6:54 PM > Subject: Re: [ALPIKE] C.S.A. Ancestors > > >> I think that is ridculous. I do not think the copyright law >> applies to a >> book published in 1905. Don't they merely cover 20 years, and it >> is in the >> public domain afterward. . Anyone who has an ancestor in the 15th >> Alabama >> please give me their names and I will see what Governor Oates says >> about >> them. Contact me at [email protected] >> Le >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 7:27 PM >> Subject: [ALPIKE] C.S.A. Ancestors >> >> >>> This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. >>> >>> Classification: Query >>> >>> Message Board URL: >>> >>> http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QU.2ADI/3926 >>> >>> Message Board Post: >>> >>> >>> I regret that I have been asked to discontinue postings on the Pike >> County board due to fears concerning the copyright laws. It would be >> rather >> foolish of me to post information without first investigating the >> law. >> Excerpts can be used so long as the publication is identified. >>> >>> Anyone needing a look-up of the C.S.A. unit served please e-mail >>> the >>> name >> and I will be happy to check my roster list. >>> >>> [email protected] >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALPIKE- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >