> John, > Sorry, decided not to respond... but then I hit the wrong key and off it > went... I am very concerned that people could get in trouble... the law is > open to interpretation. If Washington cannot quarantee that you are > covered by the fair usage law, then who is going to stand by you? That was > one of the reasons I was assigned to call the copyright office for the > Archives. The books in question, for Kent County anyway, have only 2 > volumes that can be copied the rest clearly state they can not be... Again > the format of the book is what is coprighted not the information; > therefore, if the information is abstractly written out probably... no > problem, but if the gentleman types it word for word, its a violation. Are > these lists monitored for that? > Thanks for the link. Sincerely, > Valda Hoennicke, valdafam@aol.com > >
Hi Valda, we are getting ready to put our family history, and do not want it to be copy and put out on a Cd for sale. Can you please tell me how to go about getting a copyright? Thank you, Mary Valdafam@aol.com wrote: > John, > Sorry, decided not to respond... but then I hit the wrong key and off it > went... I am very concerned that people could get in trouble... the law is > open to interpretation. If Washington cannot quarantee that you are > covered by the fair usage law, then who is going to stand by you? That was > one of the reasons I was assigned to call the copyright office for the > Archives. The books in question, for Kent County anyway, have only 2 > volumes that can be copied the rest clearly state they can not be... Again > the format of the book is what is coprighted not the information; > therefore, if the information is abstractly written out probably... no > problem, but if the gentleman types it word for word, its a violation. Are > these lists monitored for that? > Thanks for the link. Sincerely, > Valda Hoennicke, valdafam@aol.com > > ==== DEKENT Mailing List ==== The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen, or even touched. They must be felt with the heart. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237