Ken Forbes wrote: > > Thank you all for your responses to my inquiry regarding the identity of the > submitter of the WFT tree on Volume 15. I now know the name of that person. > The submitter did not have my permission to present my work to Broderbund, > nor did Broderbund have the right to publish it. Because of this, Broderbund > has a two-fold legal problem: Copyright infringement and privacy act > violation. > > I discovered yesterday that Broderbund published my copyrighted research > without my permission. The gathering of my family data has been the result > of my effort. I have volumes of receipts, letters, and other data to show > that this is my research. I have spent literally thousands of dollars on > travel, rare books, archived data, and other source material, and the > submitter was evidently rewarded with a token $10 coupon for my efforts. > > Second problem: There are numerous surviving individuals shown on the CD who > did not give permission to have their names and relationships published > throughout the world. > > Ken Obviously I did not see the query on where everyone was asking about this, I do hope that you do someting, as research is long and lengthy and for someone else to take the credit is wrong. Please keep us informed of the situation and good luck. Rose rmsavage@swbell.net