We are on the same wavelength. Hopefully the task I put on the system earlier today meets the spirit of your/my comments. Allan Raymond -----Original Message----- From: Ben Laurie <ben@algroup.co.uk> To: FREEBMD-DISCUSS-L@rootsweb.com <FREEBMD-DISCUSS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: 29 November 2003 17:42 Subject: Re: submitting 1837 online data to freebmd >Ben Laurie wrote: >> Allan Raymond wrote: >> >>> Sheelagh >>> >>> The definitive answer is given in the Terms and Conditions of 1837online, >>> accessible via their Web Page: http://www.1837online.com/Trace2web/ >>> >>> I'm not a lawyer, but the restrictions in Para 4 of the Terms and >>> Conditions >>> precludes the use of the Material accessed from 1837online, other than >>> for >>> "personal family research". It is entirely up to 1837online to set >>> their own >>> restrictions and very important that FreeBMD is seen to be adhering to >>> these >>> restriction. >> >> FreeBMD is under no obligation to 1837online, since it makes no use of >> their materials. The obligation is on the users of 1837online to comply >> with their T&Cs. > >To be clear, my point is that our policy is not based on any obligation >to 1837online, since none exists, it is one that we have voluntarily >elected to enforce. I did not intend to suggest that our policy is not >as stated. > >Cheers, > >Ben. > > >============================== >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 >