ANYTHING done in government domain is not copyrightable. The Clerk needs to be educated on this. W. David Samuelsen Candi Horton wrote: > > Hi Everyone. I know that Facts cannot be copyrighted. The situation I'm in > is this: > 1. The County Clerk in 1974 allowed for this person to Copy all the Birth > Cerfd. info. that would be on them. In fact it looks like photo copies. > Well, the County Clerk Now will only let you see the index and will not > allow them to be copied. I don't see Copyright info on this booklet. Can I > use it will out getting in to a big struggle? > 2. the County I live did a specil City Census for 1888. Just for the city. > The Genealogy Soc. Copied it(handwriting), I have seen it once in the county > Clerk office but it was grabed out of my hands before I could copy more than > one page. They will not let me copy because the Gen Soc. Has the info. So, > where do I stand with the law and the Gen. Soc. having a monopoly on that > information. P.S. I wasn't suppost to know abt it(the 1888 city census) in > the County Clerk's office. > Thanks For your time, > Candi