Hello, I just subbed to the list. I have some questions regarding copyright issues with my web pages. Never having had to worry about it before, I'm a little lost. I cannot keep people from taking things, but feel if I at least post something and they do, then the sin is on their heads. I have no objection to people using information they might find. That's the biggest reason I started building the site. It has been difficult for many of us to find information on our family, and it is my hopes that in doing this site, it will make it easier for the next person who comes along. We as a family are very willing to share, all anyone has to do is ask. I have concerns about places that glean information from sites to use, then charge someone else for that information. I want to go about this the right way. Also there is some written things that I feel would be better copyrighted, as well as some photos. I welcome any suggestions as I don't want to mess this up. If someone could look at my home page, as found below, then give me some feedback, I sure would appreciate it. I still have a lot more work to do to the pages, and this is only the beginning. May you be blessed, Deah Rootsweb Mailing List Administrator http://www.rootsweb.com/ My Website: "The Chisham Family" http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~chisdid/
The real key to copyright is that the only aspect of a work that can be protected is that part which is ORIGINAL by or from the author or creator of the work. Facts are not original... thus cannot be copyrighted. Under copyright laws today in the United States, "Copyright in a work created on or after January 1, 1978, subsists from its creation (17 USC Sec. 302)," which means that as I write this, this message is, or at least those parts that have originality, protected by copyright law. I use a copyright statement on the bottom of many of the Web pages that I have. The most descriptive statement that I have it is located at the bottom of http://www.cswnet.com/~sbooks/genealogy/ I also have a Web page devoted to copyright and U.S. genealogy. It is located at: http://www.cswnet.com/~sbooks/genealogy/copyright/copyright.htm Mike Goad At 04:55 PM 12/27/00 -0600, Deah wrote: >Hello, > I just subbed to the list. I have some questions regarding copyright >issues with my web pages. Never having had to worry about it before, I'm a >little lost. > I cannot keep people from taking things, but feel if I at least post >something and they do, then the sin is on their heads. > I have no objection to people using information they might find. That's >the biggest reason I started building the site. It has been difficult for >many of us to find information on our family, and it is my hopes that in >doing this site, it will make it easier for the next person who comes along. > We as a family are very willing to share, all anyone has to do is ask. I >have concerns about places that glean information from sites to use, then >charge someone else for that information. > I want to go about this the right way. Also there is some written things >that I feel would be better copyrighted, as well as some photos. > I welcome any suggestions as I don't want to mess this up. If someone >could look at my home page, as found below, then give me some feedback, I >sure would appreciate it. I still have a lot more work to do to the pages, >and this is only the beginning. >May you be blessed, >Deah > >Rootsweb Mailing List Administrator >http://www.rootsweb.com/ > >My Website: "The Chisham Family" >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~chisdid/ > > > >==== COPYRIGHT Mailing List ==== >Threaded archives at >http://archiver.rootsweb.com/COPYRIGHT-L/ > >============================== >The easiest way to stay in touch with your family and friends! >http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST1