In a message dated 8/11/01 10:50:46 AM, [email protected] writes: >Give it up, Give it a rest, get a life. I have not seen one >response that agrees with you. Let's get back to research and agree to >disagree. It is interesting that of all the maillists that I belong to, this is the only one that seems unconcerned about exactly what are our rights in regards to protecting our research. Do you know? And of course once you or I publish our results in a book, then it IS copyrighted. Yes???? I certainly think we do disagree about the importance of this issue, but ... Cora

If I write a book that says "christopher columbus was married to Anna and is buried in Toledo" the book is copyrighted but the facts are not. Anyone can write another book that states the same facts. Sandy -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2001 11:20 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: "every creative work is copyrighted" In a message dated 8/11/01 10:50:46 AM, [email protected] writes: >Give it up, Give it a rest, get a life. I have not seen one >response that agrees with you. Let's get back to research and agree to >disagree. It is interesting that of all the maillists that I belong to, this is the only one that seems unconcerned about exactly what are our rights in regards to protecting our research. Do you know? And of course once you or I publish our results in a book, then it IS copyrighted. Yes???? I certainly think we do disagree about the importance of this issue, but ... Cora ==== COPELAND Mailing List ==== Jesse M. Lawrence is listowner for Copeland List <[email protected]> You can view my Copeland file on Worldconnect, file name jmljr Search my data base which is updated weekly and contains notes and sources http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jmljr ============================== Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp