Hello all I have been following this topic, Last week I went to my Local Studies Centre at the library and in the course of the day photocopied several pages of both the QLD and the NSW Pioneer BMD Index from M/Fiche. On each page of the NSW BMD it states - Copywright 1993 The Crown On each page of the QLD BMD it states - Copywright - The State Of Queensland 1997 However both request you to ;- NSW - Please quote EVENT, REGISTRATION YEAR & NUMBER of VOLUME REFERENCE when ordering certificates. QLD - PLEASE QUOTE FULL NAME, EVENT AND REGISTRATION NO WHEN ORDERING CERTIFICATES. I am no solicitor, but I consider that when anyone is replying to a lookup request, they include the words "To assist you When ordering certificates.............." They are complying with copywright. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry" <call@hunterlink.net.au> To: <AUS-NSW-NORCO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2005 11:22 AM Subject: [NORCO] RE: Copyright matters > > Hi all, > > My advice has been that if the material is reproduced in its original form > copyright does apply. However if the data has been altered, copyright then > is with the person who made the changes. > For example, in my case. I have copied entries from parish registers into > a > data base and then rearranged the data. As you all know the entries in a > parish register are in chronological order. So if looking for family > members > one needs to know the date of the event. > However when I rearrange the data and sort it by family surname the family > is reconstituted. This is significant change to the format of the original > data. Another example is when the entries from the three registers i.e > Birth > death and marriage are combined in one data base. > > However I am not a copyright expert. I suggest that if in doubt do as I > have > done and contact the Intellectual Property & Copyright Librarian at the > State Library > > Htioi > Terry > > > > > ==== AUS-NSW-NORCO Mailing List ==== > Why not put your GEDCOM on line at > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.6 - Release Date: 6/05/2005 > >