Hi, I just signed onto this list, and spent some time reading the threaded archives to get a sense of this group. I am dealing with a situation that's growing uglier by the day, and frankly, I am looking for help in my effort to handle this successfully. I started a family association about 5 years ago. I am the official genealogist for the group and the editor of the newsletter. I also maintain the lists, correspond with hundreds of cousins, and plan our annual meetings. In addition, I have traveled all over the country in search of this family and invested thousands of dollars in researching them. Hundreds of people have asked me for information about their ancestors, and in most cases I have been able to send them detailed charts of their lineages with all my notes, sources, etc. The ONLY thing I have asked is that they not post my work on the internet. Nearly all of these cousins have complied with my request. But there is within the organization a small group of people who feel that I have no right to make such a request. That group, like children "testing the limits," persist in arguing that they are entitled to do anything they wish with the information I've given them, either directly or in articles published in our newsletter. Now one of them has created a website in which she has posted very detailed information I gave her directly or published in our newsletters about her husband's ancestors. She has taken pages of information that I've compiled and posted it verbatim to a web site owned by that really big genealogy software company. We're not talking copyright infringement here, we're talking plagarism, pure and simple. Nowhere on her site did she cite the name of our association or our newsletter, but showed the sources I've cited as if she'd seen them. I suppose that I can force the issue and make her take some of that stuff down, but here's my real question: is there anyone else on this list who is dealing with the personal politics of a situation like this? I know that there is beginning to be a serious division between those who do professional-quality research and those whose research is confined to the web. Is there any group or list addressing these questions? If so, can someone please tell me how to find them? I am in danger of becoming the "villain" in this piece, and of losing not only control and ownership of my work, but also the friendship of many members of my group. In fact, I'm afraid that if I push this the whole group will dissolve. My husband (he who pays the costs of my research) says I should just walk away -- turn off the e-mail, give them nothing, stop sharing what I've found. I don't want to do that, but I am getting closer to that all the time. I apologize for the length of this note. I hope list members here will be willing to share their ideas for dealing successfully with this problem. Thanks! Libbie