I'm not sure what is going on here, but if we are talking about cemetery records and county history books those historical records belong to the people no matter who published them, not to mention the increase in sales to the historical societies because people find out that they exist. On the other hand, I own a family genealogy book written by a family member, and I offer information from it with her permission. After all, her goal is to increase in knowledge and the only way to do that in genealogy is to let people know what you know and vice versa. I don't know about the UGA Library. I do know that they allow you to copy material from their research books because I have done it. We're not talking about famous classic novels here. This is people who research people and common sense dictates that we get permission if we believe we should have it, otherwise, I can't think of anyone who has the corner on my family members. After all, my great-great grandfather doesn't just belong to me. Sandi "Karen T.Ledford" wrote: > > I am sorry if the statement I made the other day about copyright > infringements have some of you so upset. > > I wasn't trying to intimidate anyone. Go ahead and post what you want > to. It certainly has been under discussion on other lists about this > very thing and it has been a mess and caused some real confusion. > > I still believe if you start posting information to a public list out of > a copyrighted book that you are breaking the copyright. I will let the > author of the book that it happens to take their own course of action. > As long as it isn't my book, I won't concern myself. > > I certainly can tell you that someone on another list offered to do > lookups out of a book she had to the public and the University of Ga. > Library stepped in on the list and said, "hey we own the copyright on > this book you are offering to do lookups out of and they were saying > you can't do this. You can argue this with them if you wish. I figure > the > certainly know what they are talking about. > > I must add here if researchers and authors who spend years compiling > this information that you use for your work wanted to give it away they > would post it themselves to the internet. If you would sometime go and > price what it takes to publish a book. Thousands of dollars and years > and years of research will certainly make any author very unhappy to > see their work made public in the way that we are talking about here. I > am not the only one who thinks in this way so don't put me in the > minority of ONE. > > It was NOT my book, that was being offered, I was only trying to tell > the list what I know and understand to be the case. I certainly had > nothing to gain or to loose by what I said. > > So don't let me stand in the way of anything here. Go ahead and do what > you want to. Post what you want to. You certainly won't get any > oppostion from me. > > I assure you my post was with the best intentions and not meant to harm > anyone but to be helpful. > > Karen T. Ledford/Toccoa, Ga.