> > > I doubt "change your reaction" would be your response if someone > > > stole from you. I really don't see that I should get MY case jumped > > > when all I'm wanting is to make it a bit more difficult for a thief > > > to steal from me, and I see it as no different from locking my doors > > > and windows to make it difficult enough for a thief to get into my > > > house, or my truck, that he'll decide it's not worth the effort and > > > will move on. I really don't see why I should be criticized for not > > > > > > "Karen Rhodes" <[email protected]> > > > > Putting stuff on a web page is the equivalent of pinning it > > up on a supermarket bulletin boards, with signs on the billboards > > saying it is there.... > > > > Dennis Lee Bieber <[email protected]> > > That makes it sound like we request people to "Please Steal" when we > create a web page. Actually we're saying here is a source, please > observe sourcing protocol. > > I'm beginning to think my web page should read, I have organized > more than 50 pages of facts, single-spaced, with sources, on > Sullivans in VA and NC up to about 1835. If you want to know what > they are please contact me and I will forward up to 10 of them. > > Of course no one would contact me but I would have made a good faith > effort. > > [email protected] (J. Hugh Sullivan) I came late to this discussion, so I must apologize for re-opening healing wounds. Unfortunately, there is no way to control what people do with publicly posted information. As Denis Bieber pointed out, putting your data on, e.g., WorldConnect is akin to posting it on a supermarket bulletin board for all to see and use. What folks do with your information, how they use it, whether or not they give due credit to you for your work becomes a matter of individual ethics, of which there seems a diminishing supply in today's world. Those who know me from soc.genealogy.computing and alt.genealogy know that I run my own genealogy webserver (apache + mysql + phpgedview). Now, before y'all go trotting off to rgmhome.homeunix.net, be forewarned that it's a by invitation site and password protected at two levels: once to access the site and once for full access to the genealogical data. And who do I invite? Relatives, mostly, who are serious family researchers in my estimation. This way, _I_ control who sees the fruits of my research and that of the other participants. While I don't believe I "own" the information on the site, I do exert some control over what is seen and by whom. I am convinced this is, if not the only way, the best way to handle the concerns I've seen expressed in this thread. If you would like to discuss this with me off-group, I'll happily arrange for you to have guest access to the site and provide details on my setup. Drop me a line at the reply-to address in the header. Bob Melson -- Robert G. Melson | Rio Grande MicroSolutions | El Paso, Texas "People unfit for freedom---who cannot do much with it---are hungry for power." ---Eric Hoffer ------- End of Forwarded Message [email protected] (Robert Melson)