Stan, They were copied word for word, just from various places. Its a copyright issue. Debbie Seems to me, All these messages are discussing plagiarism, not copyright, except as an incidental issue issue. While copyright issues are legal issues, plagiarism is an ethical issue. Those are usually grounds for a failing grade in school, or censure by the appropriate authority, or in some cases,dismissal. Unethical behavior, resulting in personal loss, NOT hurt feelings, may be adjudicated. Stan B. --- RoverLSmith@aol.com wrote: > > Joan, > ... > Basically what he did was search the web, find pages about families many of > whom he couldn't possibly been familiar, and just copied these into a books > and published them. Copying over half a web page into a book and > publishing it, believe violates the author's copyright. > I am NOT old, I am experienced! ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour