At 04:53 PM 8/31/2007, David wrote: >I am not referring to thumnail images. It's the other one. Google is >still trying to overturn this one "Right to Display". (it is the very >thing that Ancestry did that incurred the wrath.) David, Rumors, innuendos, and outright false statements of fact have no place on COPYRIGHT-L. Please verify your opinions before posting them as "fact". See: Google Wins the Right to Display Thumbnails and to "Frame" Copyrighted Material Used Without Permission: http://writ.news.findlaw.com/dorf/20070523.html >You also wrote: >And attorneys are stepping in now - coming from newspapers groups in >objection to what Ancestry is doing to THEIR copyrighted sites >(requiring pay access to free obituary sites). They just found out about >Ancestry's Obituary Collection which is nothing but a collection of >cached links to online newspaper obituary sites, most are free access. >Believe me I know because I called my favorite newspaper publisher to >see if any permission were ever given - none were given.) And what copyright does "anyone" have in a boilerplate obituary consisting of facts supplied by the family/funeral home? Answer: none Pat

are you a paid lackey for Ancestry? David > At 04:53 PM 8/31/2007, David wrote: >I am not referring to thumnail images. It's the other one. Google is >>still trying to overturn this one "Right to Display". (it is the very >>thing that Ancestry did that incurred the wrath.) > > David, > > Rumors, innuendos, and outright false statements of fact have no > place on COPYRIGHT-L. Please verify your opinions before posting > them as "fact". > See: Google Wins the Right to Display Thumbnails and to "Frame" > Copyrighted Material Used Without Permission: > http://writ.news.findlaw.com/dorf/20070523.html > > >>You also wrote: >>And attorneys are stepping in now - coming from newspapers groups in >>objection to what Ancestry is doing to THEIR copyrighted sites >>(requiring pay access to free obituary sites). They just found out about >>Ancestry's Obituary Collection which is nothing but a collection of >>cached links to online newspaper obituary sites, most are free access. >>Believe me I know because I called my favorite newspaper publisher to >>see if any permission were ever given - none were given.) > > And what copyright does "anyone" have in a boilerplate obituary > consisting of facts supplied by the family/funeral home? > > Answer: none > > Pat > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >