No one will hear I told you so a year ogo.....BUT I hope this helps answer some of your questions of what is going on with GenConnect boards etc. If you have further questions you may contact me personally. This however will NOT effect the county websites I maintain, as you know when the buy out of RootsWeb took place I immediately put the counties on my own ISP. As I have always told you those are YOUR counties...I am just your secretary. If you find the county information posted elsewhere please contact me as I have fought to keep your information free and will continue to do so. Kathy >I can not believe I am reading this - isn't it an abuse of copyright >law?   I thought the poster owned their posts, whether to the board or to >the lists or to the websites - this sounds like they own all the data and >everything that has been posted to the Archives, the lists, the boards - >EVERYTHING - please, someone, say it isn't so. >>At 06:01 PM 6/25/2001: >>I hope all CC's will read the email exchange below, I am so sick over this >>theft of my posts. >> >> >Original Message Follows: >| ------------------------ >| Ancestry.com contains graphics, information, data, editorial and >other >| content accessible by any Internet user and similar content which is >| accessible only to our subscribing members, (the Content.) Whether >in >| the free section or in the subscription section of the Service, all >| Content is owned and/or copyrighted by MyFamily.com, Inc., its >| subsidiary CamRon, Inc , or third party providers and may be used >only >| in accordance with this limited use license. Ancestry.com is >protected >| by copyright as a collective work and/or compilation, pursuant to >U.S. >| copyright laws, international conventions, and other copyright >laws... >| >| >>| I would like clarification on this copyright law. >>| Does this mean you think you "own" the postings made to the >>| MyFamily.inc sites? >>| Thank you > >  Dear XXXX, >| >| Thank you for your e-mail. Yes we do. >| >| If there is anything else we can assist you with, please let us >know. >| >| #Dave >| Customer Solutions >| MyFamily.com / Ancestry.com >| E-mail: <mailto:support@myfamily.com>support@myfamily.com >| <mailto:support@ancestry.com>support@ancestry.com >| >| "Connecting and Strengthening Families Through The World Wide Web"