In a message dated 9/1/2007 10:08:25 PM Eastern Standard Time, RoverLSmith@aol.com writes: Joan, No, most family tree gedcoms don't contain copyrightable information. Some of them do, and those get copied, too. Some people actually include little narratives. Little phrases from some of these narratives can be typed into Google with quotation marks surrounding them and will pop up all over the Internet. Not that it would be worth a lawsuit, but it does go on ... Not just on Rootsweb, but all over. Debbie Debbie- If there is copyrighted material posted at RootsWeb without permission of the copyright holder AND the copyright holder can prove the validity of their claim--the first course of action is to ask the person who has committed the infringement to remove the copyrighted material. If they fail to comply contact the RootsWeb HelpDesk. Joan ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour