I think I can add something to the discussion. Many jurisdictions gave the Genealogical Society of Utah permission to copy the microfilm and distribute copies of the film, as long as patrons agreed not to make copies of the information for anything other than personal use. If this restriction was made on a specific film, a statement to the effect in on the side of the box. This is common on films borrowed from English records, South Carolina, Alabama, and Georgia. Some jurisdictions did not even allow the FHC to make copies to be loaned to the local FHC. Apparently South Carolina once placed this restriction on any record microfilmed by the Gen. Soc. of Utah. For a while a couple of mid western states even had this restriction. There are other holdings which are restricted to use only in Salt Lake and that restriction is listed on the library card. In order to stop the misuse of books and other copy writed information on microfilm, the FHC instituted a policy that discourages people from copying whole books rather than purchasing them on the open market. Deborah Byrd