I agree as well, but I do not believe after one spend hours or going thru the records and pencil copy and then typing them and placing them out for everyone to share that another person has the right to right click and copy and paste and claim it as their work under the copyright laws. Sorry, but I will never agree with that point. Thanks for your comments. I will always accept well intended words whether agreeable or not. But this person does not know me and has no business as to "advising me." Thanks Marty ----- Original Message ----- From: "Debbi Geer" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 6:36 PM Subject: Re: [ILJersey] Historical Society and Copyright Law IMPORTANT > Sorry, Marty, but in that I do appreciate the site and > what you personally have for it and the Society, I > have to agree with Sara about the copyright issue at > hand. > > I worked in an educational institution's printing > operations for 23 years and part of that time was > responsible for adherence to the copyright law. I > attended many conferences and the copyright law was > always a hot issue. As a result some of the top > lawyers and experts in the copyright law field were on > hand to discuss and answer our questions. > > Any information on a website which is considered to be > in the public domain is not under the copyright law. > This information is those records which are more than > 72 years of age. Some of the information on the JCHS > site may have copyright protection, such as design. > However, information on the site which can be obtained > by any individual by writing the respective > institution holding them or in person at the said > institution is not protected by copyright. If they > were then these records would not be readily available > to individuals upon request. > > There are some records which fall under the Sonny Bono > Copyright Law which increased the number of years an > item is protected by copyright and in some cases > provided the copyright holder has applied for the > allowed-by-law extension period. > > > Debbi > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! > http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ > > > ==== ILJERSEY Mailing List ==== > If you need assistance, please contact: > Karima, List Administrator mailto:[email protected] > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > >