In a message dated 8/10/01 9:05:40 AM, [email protected] writes: >Do something constructive. I did! Take a look at Brad Templeton's "Brief Intro to Copyright" at: http://www.clari.net/brad/copyright.html. "There are none so blind as those that refuse to see" I think thta's probably copyrighted, too! :>)

Cora I have seen this site and many others and I have been through this discussion with folks like you before. It is a waste of time because law is based on reason and you are not being reasonable and logical. Listing facts on standard formated family group sheets and thinking you can copyrightt it is not is not reasonable or logical. You wrote, "Family group sheets that they may be violating copyrights UNLESS the submitters signed a copy releasing their rights to their own research. I think it is outrageous and illegal. I think we deserve better. A class action suit against these rip-off artists should be very welcomed." These are pretty strong words when you have no facts and jump to conclusions. 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. You do a lot of research. I reviewed every email you sent to the list for the last two years and you have shared a lot of info. Thank you for that participation. That is what I meant about being constructive. Have a nice weekend in Massachusetts where it is cool. We got 10 minutes of rain yesterday, first since July 1, so I am happy today and hope it will rub off on others. Let's see if we can find parents of your William Copeland born about !750. [email protected] wrote: > In a message dated 8/10/01 9:05:40 AM, [email protected] writes: > > >Do something constructive. > > I did! > Take a look at Brad Templeton's "Brief Intro to Copyright" at: > http://www.clari.net/brad/copyright.html. > > "There are none so blind as those that refuse to see" > > I think thta's probably copyrighted, too! :>) -- Best Regards And Have A Good Day, Jesse M. Lawrence Jr. <[email protected]> Owner -Highland Oaks Ranch 5300 East McKinney Road ,Denton ,Texas,76208 Home: 940-243-5068 Fax: 940-243-0198 List Owner for [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] , [email protected], Researching histories for Copeland, Pittman, Lawrence, Wheeler, Neville, Turner and Harris. Search my data base which is updated weekly and contains notes and sources http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jmljr Family Page http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/l/a/w/Jesse-M-Lawrence/ THE ESSENCE OF SURVIVAL --- "Every morning in Africa, a Gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a Lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest Gazelle or it will starve to death. It doesn't matter whether you are a Lion or a Gazelle . . . when the sun comes up, you'd better be running."