Hi Patricia, I don't believe that they can prevent this from happening. The data is not copywritable, just their presentation of the data. So if their email messages, etc contain dates and places, they do not own any rights to this information. Thanks! Peggy Perry President, Iowa County Genealogical Society Visit us at: http://www.friendsnfamily.net/wiiowagensoc/index.html Moderator for The Obituary Daily Times For Obituaries from around the world - visit us at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~obituary County Coordinator for the Wisconsin GenWeb Program - Iowa County Visit us at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiiowa Owner of the Iowa County Wisconsin Mailing list to subscribe <[email protected]> message: subscribe Co-Owner of the GenMsc mailing list to subscribe: <[email protected]> message: subscribe ----- Original Message ----- From: Patricia Tidmarsh <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 1999 1:19 PM Subject: Unpublished research > Four of my surnames, for which I administer lists, plus variants, have > major researchers who have in the past shared their information on BBS or > private mailing lists or email Some are planning to publish and do not > wish the information which they have formerly shared to be sent to the > current Rootsweb lists by third, or even fourth parties (who may not be > aware they are using someone else's research). > > Has anyone else had this situation come up and how have they handled it. > > Thanks > > Patricia >