In a message dated 9/2/2007 12:07:15 AM Eastern Standard Time, RoverLSmith@aol.com writes: OK ... Where I was confused was with Broderbund. Lets see if I have it right now. I was assuming that Broderbund was associated with Genealogy.com. Broderbund sold FTM to Genealogy.com, Genealogy.com just sold it for them? Genealogy.com and GenForum were connected, though, right? I was thinking this was why GenForum went downhill ... that it had slid with Genealogy.com. You have too good of a memory. Debbie Debbie- There were more sales in between there...FTM started with Bannerblu, was sold to Broderbund, then was sold to Mattel, then to The Learning Company, and then to MyFamily.com (now TGN). I may have missed a few sales along the way--but that's most of them. Genealogy.com and the GenForum boards came along at some point in time and were connected with FTM--probably about the time Mattel or The Learning Company owned it--and they were all a part of the eventual sale to MyFamily.com. The important thing is that TGN inherited the product and the websites and the whole thing -- user agreements already in place. TGN simply didn't change any AUPs or user agreements or policies for any of the companies they purchased along the way--Genealogy.com and FTM, RootsWeb, etc. Hope that is clear--I know we need to get back to focusing on copyright discussion. Joan ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour