Hi listers...yesterday someone wrote and asked if it was Ok to post the info from certificates received from Scotland's People on this mailing list ...I know that some of you ahve done that already.......here is a response I received from Meg Greenwood, whom I have worked with in Wigtownshire records(below): Barbara Lewis, Dunbartonshire mailing list and GenWeb site hostess most definitely it is OK to post the details from any ScotPeeps registration [certificates]. The only copyright issue is if you post the IMAGE of the registration. It's their image, not their data. She can also send the details to Sue Lund with FreeBMD. Here is the place to send them, its on Sue's website at the bottom of this message posted only a few days ago. She sends notices to the varioius county Mailing lists when she's added another pack of names. She accepts single registrations [B, M and Ds] or a batch of names. Thanks for asking, this was a question I could answer without looking something up ! MegG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hello! A quick update on the data held at Scotland's Birth Death and Marriage Exchange - 42875 records in total. www.sctbdm.com

By coincidence, I posted this to another list a couple of days ago: I agree with what Barbara has said. Quote The way I interpret this is that it is not unlawful to trade information, by writing the information down and sharing it, but that it is unlawful to reproduce a certificate for which a fee has to be paid and reproduce it with another. We know of course that people do and the legislation is in place in the event of serious breach http://www.opsi.gov.uk/advice/crown-copyright/copyright-guidance/copyright-in-public-records.htm Unpublished public records and those open for public inspection are reproducible freely under waiver of copyright. This guidance explains how this works in practice. What is meant by Waiver 5. For those Public Records which are subject to waiver, users may copy, quote, index, transcribe, publish and broadcast the text of Crown Material in all formats and media throughout the world without: payment of a fee or royalty; or requiring a specific licence or approval. The reproduction of images, including copies of documents, is not covered by the waiver (see paragraph 14). 6. The waiver of copyright is, however, subject to the following conditions being observed: that the source of the Crown Material is provided by quoting the archival document reference and the name of the Public Record Repository where the records are held on any copies of the material which are to be made available to the public and in any publication or broadcast reproducing or using the Material; that the material is not used in a misleading context or in a derogatory manner; that a complimentary copy of the Work is supplied to the Controller and/or the Public Record Repository where the Crown Material is held. In the case of electronic products and publications which reproduce Public Records, the Controller and/or the Public Record Repository should be provided with an appropriate end-user licence and password access. Tradeable Information 14. The waiver of Crown copyright does not apply to Public Records which fall within the scope of Tradeable Information, which will be subject of a separate Guidance Note to be issued by HMSO. The following material falls within the scope of Tradeable Information: a.. unpublished records of the Ordnance Survey, the Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland and the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office, which form the basis of maps, charts, mapping data and other related publications. b.. Microfilm, microfiche, digital form and photographic copies of Public Records created by Public Record Repositories but not the data which they contain. Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara Lewis" <[email protected]> > Hi listers...yesterday someone wrote and asked if it was Ok to post the info from certificates received from Scotland's People on this mailing list ...I know that some of you ahve done that already.......here is a response I received from Meg Greenwood, whom I have worked with in Wigtownshire records(below): Barbara Lewis, Dunbartonshire mailing list and GenWeb site hostess