The one's from TLC may very well be a copyright infringement. I just looked at some of my TLC copies and they do not appear to "transcribe" the document. Instead, they "abstract" the pertinent information from it. While it may seem that I am splitting hairs, in a transcription, the intent is to create a record that is as close to the original as possible. While this may require a lot of skill in reading and interpreting the document, it does not incorporate originality into the final product. All that can be copyrighted in a document is that which is original from its creator. In an abstract, however, there is a transformation from the original into a shortened version, abstracting the essential information from the original document. This would likely require more originality than a transcription would, though, in my opinion it may be more like applying a procedure than doing original work. I personally use quite a few documents from books such as TLC's. However, my use of them is very focused to specific surnames and I only post them on my pages devoted to those surnames. This is allowed under the "fair use" provision of copyright law. Posting documents from a book on Lunenberg County to a Lunenburg County web site would likely not qualify as "fair use." Mike Goad At 12:47 PM 2/11/01 -0800, you wrote: >Hi, I was told to ask you whether a posting was an infringement on >copyright.Here is the story. >Last summer I took a trip from Woodbridge,VA to Lumenburg,VA to do some >research on my family tree the White's & Walker's. I found there names in >different deed and will books and the lady at the library xerox the pages for >me.I guess I had about 37 pages copied out of about 25 books. >Anyway about a week ago I said to my self I should share these with others. I >have program called Pagis Pro and I scanned the pages that had full wills,or >deeds on them. I got about 102 of them all together. I typed up a list and >sent the list out for people to request info on the different names in their >family lines. So I did. Some I sent to them to their e-mail address so as not >to tie up the list. I then decided to psot a few each day to the Lunenburg >Co. List. In which I received a letter saying I was infringing on the TLC >Genealogy. I did not know I was doing that as I figured I was not getting >paid for it and it was given to me by the library. So I was told to ask you >about it. I will wait for your word. Thank you, Janet > > >==== COPYRIGHT Mailing List ==== >Freepages, that is free web pages >http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/press/freepages.html > >============================== >Search more than 150 million free records at RootsWeb! >http://searches.rootsweb.com/