On Tuesday 28 November 2006 9:33 am, Rene' wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > I have a poster who is cross-posting to several boards, who has taken text > out of one of my posts to my county board and used it as her own without my > permission. She is also in my opinion skating on thin ice as far as the > surname category goes. She puts the surnames in the beginning of the post, > but the post ends up being about one certain surname and she then ties it > all in by saying "and related names". > > I have deleted a couple of her posts, one for the cross posting and > copyright and then another last night demanding to know why her original > post was removed. I emailed her explained why her post was deleted, she > then sent back a really nasty email, which I have decided to ignore. But > she has again posted this time to say that she has information on a certain > person and to go to another board to check it out, but do not ask her on my > board, to email her directly. > > Of course she again copied her original post that I deleted for copyright > and it is now on two boards. How should I handle this? > > You can find copies of her posts here: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=admin.message&r=an&p=localities > northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.dutchess&m=9530.1 > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=admin.message&r=an&p=localities > northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.oneida&m=5220.2 I don't see a copyright problem here at all. She quotes brief passages of online sources, and if she is quoting you in the rest of the post, it is only a recitation of names, dates and places. Yes, it is cross-posting, but her original post, to which this is a correction, is still on both boards. I didn't look at the rest of your list, because the links were broken by my email prog., and you didn't remove the "admin" part of the link. Valorie