This morning, I am fuming at Ancestry, which has somehow acquired rights to postings I made to rootsweb message boards from 2001 onwards. They have 21 of my postings listed, the majority of which are AYRSHIRE postings. Today, I received a message from the MESSAGE BOARD ADMINISTRATION TEAM that a reply had been made to 'my' posting, viz: A reply has been posted to your message, "Re: Colman family from Kilmarnock" on "2/29/2004 2:16:06 PM GMT" Author: ringofab41 Date: 2/4/2010 2:48:15 PM GMT http://boards.ancestry.com/localities.britisles.scotland.ayr.general/5874.1.1/mb.ashx I've spent a lot of time this morning collecting information for a reply to this posting. Now I find that I am unable to respond to the Colman researcher UNLESS I agree to a Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions set out by Ancestry, which include, "Whether in the free section or in the subscription section of the Service, all Content is owned and/or copyrighted by Ancestry." How is Ancestry able to take ownership of my postings without my consent? Surely the postings are copyright to me? Anyway, if the COLMAN researcher sees this e-mail message, he or she may contact me directly by responding to this message. Irene, British Columbia