I feel like I am really dumb here, but is this license they hold for the images or for the content [including a transcription of the content]? Sara On 3/9/06, JYoung6180@aol.com <JYoung6180@aol.com> wrote: > > > In a message dated 3/9/2006 6:42:52 PM Eastern Standard Time, > bjreece@bellsouth.net writes: > > I think it may be an issue of that they own the images on their > site. You > can still use the original book if there is no copyright but you can't use > their images of the book. Am I wrong? > > > > No--they do not hold copyright over the images either--you can't copyright > an image of public domain material. However, they do have a licensing > agreement with their subscribers. > > Joan > > > ==== COPYRIGHT Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from this list click on mailto: > COPYRIGHT-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe (list mode) or > mailto:COPYRIGHT-D-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe (digest mode) > – Contact COPYRIGHT-admin@rootsweb.com for list related problems. For the > COPYRIGHT-L archives, go to > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/copyright. > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >