Facts themselves -- birthdates, marriages, deaths, etc. -- are not copyrightable. "Author" can complain all she likes, but that doesn't change the law. Without seeing the posts in question, my feeling is to (of course) delete any "nasty" posts, from "Author" or anyone else; and leave posts with genuine genealogical information. I'd send one, and only one, email to "Author" pointing out that facts aren't copyrightable, and telling her that any nasty, off-topic, or threatening posts will be deleted. Nan -----Original Message----- >From: janetmoore@prodigy.net >Sent: Sep 27, 2006 2:36 PM >To: BOARDS-ADMINS-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [BAd] Problem Posts > >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/BF.2ADIAE/1211 > >Message Board Post: > >I have some people who are having an internet vendetta. "Author" has written a family surname book and is trying to prevent other family researchers from posting anything about the family and claiming copyright violations. Several other family members are posting genealogical information to the boards which "Author" responds to with a nasty post of her own then lodges complaints to the board administrator (me) and Rootsweb. I am getting complaints from both sides of the issue and I don't want to choose sides since I have no idea who is right or wrong so I have been deleting both posts. I hate to do this since the genealogical information is probably valuable to many people but if I don't handle the situation quickly it will escalate. These folks have been flaming each other for months now on the surname boards and have now carried it over to one of the county boards that I administer. I would appreciate any advice! > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BOARDS-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message