In a message dated 8/31/2007 2:06:02 PM Eastern Standard Time, bjreece@bellsouth.net writes: Joan I'm sure you are watching all the controversy on the other lists. Some will say 'absolutely not' it is not nor will ever be 'ok' with them for ancestry to use cached pages of thier web sites. Others are saying differently. Joyce Gaston Reece --- Joyce - I'm well aware of what is being written. We all know that anyone can have an opinion but that doesn't make their opinion factual nor does it mean they know the law or legal aspects. People tend to write from an emotional standpoint but copyright is a LEGAL issue. Cached pages -- including cached pages for a fee (which isn't what was being done here) have been around since the early days of the Internet. AOL caches pages for their proxy server so that web sites can be quickly accessed by their subscribers. Caching pages is a part of Internet life. Joan ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

I know that and you know that. Ancestry doesn't crawl down my throat every time my computer caches one of their pages but I do pay for it. I had no problem with it when they moved it over to the 'free' side of their pages. BUT when all the others are objecting to the cached aspect of it is when I thought it should be handled by the leaders of these organizations....I still think so. Explanation, negotiations or communications will be much better handled thru TGN and leaders of these non-proftis....and the results better understood by all member/volunteers. I realize it is a legal issue....as do you. But on the other hand TGN isn't going to want to alienate those volunteers/members/subscribers who have their hands in several or all these 'pots'. Many think the execs in TGN won't listen to or care what the non-profits have to say about this. What do you think? Joyce Gaston Reece ----- Original Message ----- From: <JYoung6180@aol.com> To: <copyright-l@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 31, 2007 2:34 PM Subject: Re: [COPYRIGHT] Ancestry and Web pages > > In a message dated 8/31/2007 2:06:02 PM Eastern Standard Time, > bjreece@bellsouth.net writes: > > Joan > > I'm sure you are watching all the controversy on the other lists. Some > will > say 'absolutely not' it is not nor will ever be 'ok' with them for > ancestry > to use cached pages of thier web sites. > > Others are saying differently. > > Joyce Gaston Reece > > > > --- > Joyce - > > I'm well aware of what is being written. We all know that anyone can have > an > opinion but that doesn't make their opinion factual nor does it mean they > know the law or legal aspects. People tend to write from an emotional > standpoint but copyright is a LEGAL issue. > > Cached pages -- including cached pages for a fee (which isn't what was > being > done here) have been around since the early days of the Internet. AOL > caches pages for their proxy server so that web sites can be quickly > accessed by > their subscribers. Caching pages is a part of Internet life. > > Joan > > > > ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL > at > http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COPYRIGHT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.13.1/981 - Release Date: 8/31/2007 > 6:13 AM > >