Tom Thatcher wrote: > > on 11/21/00 12:44 PM, Bennie White at [email protected] wrote: > > > I seriously doubt I would lose if I pressed it. It matters a great deal! Hand > > copying is the author's work; machine copying is someone else's work. > > There is a difference between work and creation. Between copying and > origination. No matter how many times I hand-copy the Declaration of > Independence, I will never gain a special right to it. And, I am sorry to > say, not matter how long it takes you to copy a census, it still belongs to > the people. Well, I'm NOT sorry to say that my compilation of the census belongs to me. I see we have different opinions here, so I will stand by mine and you stand by yours--the American way, right? > One thing which hasn't been discussed is that copyright, as a form of > ownership, is not only the right to receive credit (and compensation), it > is the right to withhold publication if you desire. If you truly had a > copyright over the census, you could prevent anyone else from using it > except through your transcriptions. I DO NOT claim to hold a copyright over the census--just my compilation of it. And my copyright does in fact prohibit anyone from copying MY entire compilation. Again, different views. I stand by mine. > That, as we all will realize, is ridiculous. > > Without the right to withhold, copyright is meaningless. > > ==== COPYRIGHT Mailing List ==== > Freepages, that is free web pages > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/press/freepages.html > > ============================== > The easiest way to stay in touch with your family and friends! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST1

Bennie, I would say that you are correct in saying that no one can copy your entire compilation. But someone else could view the microfilm and make their own compilation without violating anyone's copyright. Margaret Bennie White wrote: > > Tom Thatcher wrote: > > > > on 11/21/00 12:44 PM, Bennie White at [email protected] wrote: > > > > > I seriously doubt I would lose if I pressed it. It matters a great deal! Hand > > > copying is the author's work; machine copying is someone else's work. > > > > There is a difference between work and creation. Between copying and > > origination. No matter how many times I hand-copy the Declaration of > > Independence, I will never gain a special right to it. And, I am sorry to > > say, not matter how long it takes you to copy a census, it still belongs to > > the people. > > Well, I'm NOT sorry to say that my compilation of the census belongs to me. I see we > have different opinions here, so I will stand by mine and you stand by yours--the > American way, right? > > > One thing which hasn't been discussed is that copyright, as a form of > > ownership, is not only the right to receive credit (and compensation), it > > is the right to withhold publication if you desire. If you truly had a > > copyright over the census, you could prevent anyone else from using it > > except through your transcriptions. > > I DO NOT claim to hold a copyright over the census--just my compilation of it. And > my copyright does in fact prohibit anyone from copying MY entire compilation. Again, > different views. I stand by mine. > > > That, as we all will realize, is ridiculous. > > > > Without the right to withhold, copyright is meaningless. > > > > ==== COPYRIGHT Mailing List ==== > > Freepages, that is free web pages > > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/press/freepages.html > > > > ============================== > > The easiest way to stay in touch with your family and friends! > > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST1 > > ==== COPYRIGHT Mailing List ==== > Searchable archives at > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=copyright > > ============================== > The easiest way to stay in touch with your family and friends! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST1

that's very correct. David Samuelsen Margaret McCleskey wrote: > > Bennie, > > I would say that you are correct in saying that no one can copy your > entire compilation. But someone else could view the microfilm and make > their own compilation without violating anyone's copyright. > > Margaret > > Bennie White wrote: > > > > Tom Thatcher wrote: > > > > > > on 11/21/00 12:44 PM, Bennie White at [email protected] wrote: > > > > > > > I seriously doubt I would lose if I pressed it. It matters a great deal! Hand > > > > copying is the author's work; machine copying is someone else's work. > > > > > > There is a difference between work and creation. Between copying and > > > origination. No matter how many times I hand-copy the Declaration of > > > Independence, I will never gain a special right to it. And, I am sorry to > > > say, not matter how long it takes you to copy a census, it still belongs to > > > the people. > > > > Well, I'm NOT sorry to say that my compilation of the census belongs to me. I see we > > have different opinions here, so I will stand by mine and you stand by yours--the > > American way, right? > > > > > One thing which hasn't been discussed is that copyright, as a form of > > > ownership, is not only the right to receive credit (and compensation), it > > > is the right to withhold publication if you desire. If you truly had a > > > copyright over the census, you could prevent anyone else from using it > > > except through your transcriptions. > > > > I DO NOT claim to hold a copyright over the census--just my compilation of it. And > > my copyright does in fact prohibit anyone from copying MY entire compilation. Again, > > different views. I stand by mine. > > > > > That, as we all will realize, is ridiculous. > > > > > > Without the right to withhold, copyright is meaningless. > > > > > > ==== COPYRIGHT Mailing List ==== > > > Freepages, that is free web pages > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/press/freepages.html > > > > > > ============================== > > > The easiest way to stay in touch with your family and friends! > > > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST1 > > > > ==== COPYRIGHT Mailing List ==== > > Searchable archives at > > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=copyright > > > > ============================== > > The easiest way to stay in touch with your family and friends! > > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST1 > > ==== COPYRIGHT Mailing List ==== > Freepages, that is free web pages > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/press/freepages.html > > ============================== > Search over 600 million names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp