Hi, I recently heard at a conference that any genealogical society or person that does research work for others is considered the author of the summary of the findings. I'm a bit confused by this though because of the wording of the code as I have found it: "Ordinarily, the author is the person that actually created the work. (Where the work, or any contribution to it is a work made for hire, the employer is considered the author)". >From this statement I can tell that any person who does research on behalf of our genealogical society can not claim the copyright since it would belong to the society based on their being an "employee". But can the same be said for when your customer is the employer and the society becomes the employee? This is where my confusion and my interpretation becomes gray. It comes down to - who holds the copyright when the society hangs it's shingle out for research business (the society or the paying customer)? Thanks for your help and I would appreciate hearing all opinions on this matter. Thanks! Peggy Perry President, Iowa County Genealogical Society Visit us at: http://www.friendsnfamily.net/wiiowagensoc/index.html Moderator for The Obituary Daily Times For Obituaries from around the world - visit us at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~obituary County Coordinator for the Wisconsin GenWeb Program - Iowa County Visit us at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiiowa Owner of the Iowa County Wisconsin Mailing list to subscribe <[email protected]> message: subscribe Co-Owner of the GenMsc mailing list to subscribe: <[email protected]> message: subscribe