> > It's not a matter of not wanting our information passed on. It's a > > matter of being madder than a wet hen at seeing someone else claim > > as THEIR work that which WE have labored to produce. I want to be > > able to put my information out there -- I just want to do it in such > > a way that someone else cannot steal it and claim that THEY did all > > the work that *I* actually did! > > > > Karen Rhodes > > I can appreciate that you would not feel good if this happened, but > I fear that the reality is that the only thing that you can change > is your reaction. > > You know what you have done. How does it diminish your efforts if > others copy it? > > Chris J Dixon <[email protected]> wrote: I can guess based on how I feel. If I work and sweat for years, and I'm the best I want the trophy. Okay, I'm blunt. Harvesting data without giving credit to the researcher or collector often means he is left out of the lines of communication. Sharing is a two way street and the harvester takes without shaing user names with me. The harvester is money motivated - I am learning and sharing motivated. That is not to say that Roots Web and US Gen Web and Ancestry don't provide a valuable service. But I am the originator of my presentation of data and I want users communicating with me - or me with them if they have something I don't. If harvested data is guesswork or wishful thinking, and is not so noted, I think I should have the opportunity to advise users. Otherwise misinformation will be strewed all over the Internet. Come to think of it, that's where we are now. Hugh [email protected] (J. Hugh Sullivan)