Ye Old One wrote: > "Dr. Brian Leverich" <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>>And finally, I am always very wary about any organization/site >>>>>which Ancestry has its fingers in. >>>>> >>>>>[email protected] >>>> >>>>Bob- >>> >>> <snip> >>> >>>>However, you will probably find that most other people researching >>>>the surname will be reluctant to "donate" their research data to >>>>another person for what could be their personal gain. One thing >>>>about a company like Ancestry/RootsWeb that attracts contributors >>>>and posters on their lists is that the data they post there doesn't >>>>belong to the list "administrator" or the company--the AUP assures >>>>us all of that. The data you post to a RootsWeb mailing list >>>>remains the property of the author/poster who is merely giving >>>>permission for the company to house and archive the data for future >>>>researchers to find. >>>> >>>>Joan <[email protected]> >>> >>>Under international copyright laws what you say is true of ANY list >>>so stop being stupid. >>> >>>Ye Old One <[email protected]> >> >>Copyright law is almost entirely irrelevant with respect to *who* >>has *what* rights with respect to content posted at most non-hobby >>sites. > > Copyright always rests with the author, that is a matter of > international law. UNLESS the author assigns that copyright to someone else. You can assign your copyright intentionally for fee, or accidentally for free. You have to read the fine print *before* you upload anything. However, this is a peripheral issue, but by now I've lost track of what your original question _was_... Cheryl singhals <[email protected]>

> > > > > > And finally, I am always very wary about any organization/site > > > > > > which Ancestry has its fingers in. > > > > > > > > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > However, you will probably find that most other people researching > > > > > the surname will be reluctant to "donate" their research data to > > > > > another person for what could be their personal gain. One thing > > > > > about a company like Ancestry/RootsWeb that attracts contributors > > > > > and posters on their lists is that the data they post there doesn't > > > > > belong to the list "administrator" or the company--the AUP assures > > > > > us all of that. The data you post to a RootsWeb mailing list > > > > > remains the property of the author/poster who is merely giving > > > > > permission for the company to house and archive the data for future > > > > > researchers to find. > > > > > > > > > > Joan <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > Under international copyright laws what you say is true of ANY list > > > > so stop being stupid. > > > > > > > > Ye Old One <[email protected]> > > > > > > Copyright law is almost entirely irrelevant with respect to *who* > > > has *what* rights with respect to content posted at most non-hobby > > > sites. > > > > > > "Dr. Brian Leverich" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Copyright always rests with the author, that is a matter of > > international law. > > > > Ye Old One > > UNLESS the author assigns that copyright to someone else. You can > assign your copyright intentionally for fee, or accidentally for > free. You have to read the fine print *before* you upload anything. > > However, this is a peripheral issue, but by now I've lost track of > what your original question _was_... > > Cheryl Singhals <[email protected]> What confuses me is to what benefit the periodic rhetoric about what my copyrights are, when the there is little, if any enforcement and for certain there is less than a whisper of a chance that I could afford to litigate. A. John Birkholz [email protected]