At 03:01 PM 3/10/2006, you wrote: >Here it is. > >http://www.il.proquest.com/legal/terms_conditions.shtml Okay, It seems to me the relevant provisions to your original question, i.e > HeritageQuest has posted images of books that are now in the > public domain. > However, the HeritageQuest user agreement says that you cannot republish > [or > even share, as far as I can tell] materials that you find > on HeritageQuest. are addressed by LICENSE Section 1b) "You will use the Products solely for your own personal or internal use. You will not publish, broadcast or sell any materials retrieved through the Products or use the materials in any manner that will infringe the copyright or other proprietary right of ProQuest or its licensors." The material you retrieve is the copy of the public domain document, which you agree not to publish broadcast or sell. Extracting data from the retrieved product does not infringe anyone's copyright if the copied document is public domain. Systematic retrieval of all documents to prepare a competing database would be prohibited under the licensing agreement as explained next. "You represent and warrant to ProQuest that you will not use the Products or any material retrieved from the Products to create products or perform services which compete or interfere with the publications and services of ProQuest or its licensors." This prohibits you from preparing a competing product. It does not prohibit individual lookups or individual use. Pat