Mr. Windsor, I would like to set the record straight. You say: "Now you are to publish your family history on Ancestry.com and Family Tree Maker, and they have a small clause that says they sell the copies and keep the profits." That is simply not true with respect to Ancestry.com The Ancestry.com "small clause" actually says: "Ancestry.com will never sell, rent, or in any way charge for access to the information you have submitted in any form." (http://www.ancestry.com/worldtree/subagreement.htm) As to ownership, Ancestry.com is a small, private corporation. The majority interest is held by a small group of individuals who personally manage the company. CMGI and Wasatch Associates, two Internet venture capital companies, and Intel Corp. have recently made minority investments, but are not involved in day-to-day management. I cannot speak to the ownership or policies of Family Tree Maker, but I can assure you that there is no connection between Family Tree Maker and Ancestry.com. John M. Scroggins Director of Electronic Records Ancestry.com > -----Original Message----- > From: James Windsor [mailto:windsor@sirius.com] > Sent: Friday, March 19, 1999 1:30 PM > To: ILMACOUP-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ILMACOUP-L] Family Tree Maker, Ancestry etc. > > > Frankly I am tired of seeing big and getting bigger business getting > bigger and richer. Who owns Family Tree Maker anyway, isn't it AT&T or > some big company. And who will own Family Tree Maker and Ancestry.com > tomorrow, the Goodyear Tire Company or an italian firm that > makes freeze > dried zucchini among other things in its $10,000,000,000 a > year empire. > Ancestors are getting to be another product not much different than > selling Madonna's latest record or a container of cottage cheese. > In old days you yourself got, or had, published your family > history and > sold the copies kept the profits if any or GAVE THE COPIES > AWAY. Now you > are to publish your family history on Ancestry.com and Family Tree > Maker, and they have a small clause that says they sell the copies and > keep the profits. Well render unto Ceasar that which is Ceasars, but I > am so sick of marketing everything. I wish we could go back > to the days > when the county clerk would look up something for you and > even include a > personal note in the reply. It used to be like that and we were a lot > happier then. > > JW > > > ==== ILMACOUP Mailing List ==== > Difference between ILMACOUP-L and ILMACOUP-D: > ILMACOUP-L mailing list allows you to receive every posting > made to ILMACOUP as a separate email. > ILMACOUP-D mailing list allows you to receive several > postings as a single large message. >