At 10:54 AM 3/15/03 -0500, you wrote: >I wanted all the CC's to know what is going on. I sent this email to Tim, >Brenda, Margie, and Isaiah on Wed, 3/12/03 at 7:11 PM and have had no >response at all from any of them and the files are still being used by >Margie Daniels. You can view the files at >http://www.rootsweb.com/~gacrawfo/Census/censuslinkframe.htm Yep, we have lives outside GAGenWeb and USGenWeb. >I sent this request as a contributor, not a CC. Makes me wonder how many >contributors are being treated the same way, probably a lot of them. Wondering and conjecture are like heresay - they mean little in the real world. >"I wish to request that a specific CC (Margie Daniels, Crawford County) on >the GaGenWeb do not link to files which I have posted to the GaArchives. >These files were posted where I want them to be posted as part of the >USGENWEB ARCHIVES Project and I do not give this CC permission to link >directly to those files as if hers. I am requesting that she remove any of >the files that she has taken from there off of her server and off her >Crawford County pages. This is not a battle between the GaGenWeb and the >GaArchives, it is a personal choice of mine and one which I choose to >exercise as the contributor and owner of those files. I understand that the >CC can link to the archives table of contents as is her choice but I want >the files to clearly be noted as GaArchives files and therefore do not give >her permission to link directly to each file. The fact of the matter is - with the Internet persons are free to link to any site they wish to, with or without the linkee's permission or knowledge. The frames you mention do not cover the fact of where the files are located, who contributed them, nor does the Crawford County site claim ownership of them. We had another person elsewhere falsely claiming someone was stealing their files when in fact it was a pure link - something the person making the accusations was incapable of understanding no matter how many times they were told that it was just a link - and that when one clicks on a link one obviously sees the material that the link points to. I have seen frames that total encapsule the data so that there was no way to tell where the files were or who created them - but this is not the case in this particular situation. It has been my understanding that files are in the Archives not to be hoarded but to be shared - linked to. Just because you or I may not like someone - is no reason to say you can't link to my data unless one truly is a Scrooge - and then one would have to wonder why would they make data visible if they didn't want to share it in the first place. >I asked Virginia what could be done about this and she followed on my >request. This list is for the discussion of items of interest to assist fellow CCs in improving their sites or for resources to assist visitors. This list is not the complaint list nor is it the political list. You may take such to GALINA. For those who persist, you will be moderated for 1 week on the first offense, 2 weeks on the second offense. Since some folks may respond to this list prior to seeing this note - this policy will go into effect 12 hours after posting. Tim

> The fact of the matter is - with the Internet persons are free to link to any > site they wish to, with or without the linkee's permission or knowledge. Then are you saying we can freely link to this page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~gamacon/welcome.htm even though at the very bottom it says we can NOT? > This list is not the complaint list nor is it the political list. Then does this mean that all the RCs, the SC, & ASC will now start answering our complaints, and other emails? Bettie <>< -- If Fed Ex and UPS were to merge, would they call it Fed UP? -- All outgoing mail virus free, scanned by Norton 2002, http://www.symantec.com/