Hi Jean, Although I am a bit unclear as to precisely your question, if you read the Acceptable Use Policy at Rootsweb, you will learn that the author gives rootsweb the right to use the posting anywhere within its system. So a posting on one list may be reproduced on another list within Rootsweb. This is not a technical infringement of copyright. If it were reproduced on a mail list, web site or anywhere else outside of rootsweb, it would be a clear infringemnet of copyright. Nothing technical about it. However, as a matter of etiquete, it is good practice to ask the authors permission for reposting, even within rootsweb. And proper credit should be given the original author on a repost or it is plagarizism. I have yet to request permission to repost and been refused by an author. Bob Fay ----Original Message Follows---- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: Crossposting & copyright Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 17:13:54 -0500 Crossposting a genealogical message related to other genealogical mailing lists is not considered as "a technical infringement of copyright", is it? A separate issue, correct? I need to know because I own some mailing lists. Your assistance would be appreciated. Thanks, Regads, Jean ==== COPYRIGHT Mailing List ==== Threaded archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/COPYRIGHT-L/ ============================== The easiest way to stay in touch with your family and friends! http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST1 _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

Bob, Think I know what you are getting at, but don't agree with your comment that reposting outside of RW would be a CLEAR infringement of copyright..... I am completely within my rights to post the pertinent parts of ANY email to ANY list ANYPLACE, IF I am doing so as part of critical [in the scholarly sense] analysis. Which is what I am doing here... Robert W Fay wrote: > > Hi Jean, > > So a > posting on one list may be reproduced on another list within Rootsweb. This > is not a technical infringement of copyright. If it were reproduced on a > mail list, web site or anywhere else outside of rootsweb, it would be a > clear infringemnet of copyright. Nothing technical about it. > > However, as a matter of etiquete, it is good practice to ask the authors > permission for reposting, even within rootsweb. And proper credit should be > given the original author on a repost or it is plagarizism. > > > Bob Fay -- joe