Here it is. http://www.il.proquest.com/legal/terms_conditions.shtml On 3/10/06, Pat Asher <pasher@ee.net> wrote: > > At 02:10 PM 3/10/2006, Sara Binkley Tarpley wrote: > >One problem with the above paragraphs is that HeritageQuest does not > define > >*Products *or *materials.* > > Look for a phrase, "hereinafter known as 'Product". > > Alternatively, if you are viewing the agreement at a public URL, share it > so the rest of us can take a look. > > I did find this at the Customer service link: > "While it's true that the original documents are "public domain," we have > painstakingly processed the records through our proprietary enhancement > systems. It is through this synthesizing process that we have generated a > new product, which is fully protected by U.S. and International copyright > law." > > However, since copyright protects only original intellectual concepts, it > seems to me that copies (product) of public domain documents, no matter > how > much they are enhanced, are not protected by copyright. Again, they may > be > protected by the licensing agreement for access, but that is not > copyright. > > Hope you have a URL :) > > Pat > > > > > > ==== COPYRIGHT Mailing List ==== > RootsWeb's mailing lists are filtered and attachments are removed. A virus > that is distributed as an attachment will not reach you through a RootsWeb > mailing list. For further information about Viruses, Trojans, Worms etc., go > please to: http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/virus.html. Think to keep your > Anti-Virus up-to-date! > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > >