Hi,Lonnie, Thank you very much for sending onthe article to me. I think the author of the article sums the problem up very nicely and supports the view that a FACT cannot be copyrighted only the way it is presented. It is also accepted here by Government archives, as I have said, that provided there is no commercial gain involved they positively encourage copying of records. Even where gain is involved they also tend to encourage the use of their records to write or compile an original work especially if you offer it to them for sale in their bookshops. WHEN I get the time I intend to write a book about the end of the War of Independence and in particular the evacuation fro New York. The PRO here have massive original records and in my preliminary research have been most helpful, Keith Hume At 14:04 02/09/98 -0600, you wrote: > >This is taken from another list. Youall may find it interesting. > > > >As a writer, I certainly support concern about copying >copyrighted material. As a researcher, I appreciate the information >shared in the hope of getting even more information. > >If we are going to talk about copyright, I think it is important to say a >lot more. > >1. One sure way to avoid even the suspicion of copyright infringement is >to Keith Hume, email khume@netcomuk.co.uk CHASE-L Website at:- http://www.surnameweb.org/centers/c/chase/index.html http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~khume/home.html Kent,England Researching:- HULME,DAWSON,(In Lancs.) HUME,McKAY, (In New Brunswick & Nova Scotia SHERMAN,SIMMONS,HATHAWAY AND CHASE,(In USA & Canada) SHERRING & BLUNDEN (Hampshire,England) FALL,(Ireland & Australia) BUTCHER,PAYNE/PAINE,BURCKITT(Bedfordshire,England)