I agree with you and if you are going to republish the work and call it your own, then that is a violation. I don't think we are doing that. We are sharing public information that we paid for with others and I believe we are giving IFHF the credit, so they have no complaint. You might ask them how they can copyright public records (?). Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: <littlehouseantiques@att.net> To: <irl-limerick@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 4:21 PM Subject: [IRL-LIMERICK] FW: Question regarding your posted Copyright Notice > Dear List, > > It occurred to me that since it the IFHF's posted Copyright Notice says, > > "You may not otherwise copy, modify, or distribute the contents of these > pages, or publish, broadcast, transmit, or otherwise distribute any > portion of this site without the express written authorization of the > Irish Family History Foundation" > > that technically speaking this means that IF you pay for records for them > AND you include the information in a personal family tree and quote them > as your source AND you happen to publish this information as part of a > personal family tree in a personal family web site ONLINE that you will, > in fact, be violating their copyright. This seems a little ridiculous to > me, so just out of curiosity I've written to them to ask what their stance > on this issue is. Copy of my email appended below. Anybody care to place > a wager on whether or not I'll receive a response? > > Kathy Rhodes > > -------------- Forwarded Message: -------------- > From: littlehouseantiques@att.net > To: info@ifhf.ie > Subject: Question regarding your posted Copyright Notice > Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 23:09:23 +0000 > > > Irish Family History Foundation > Karel Kiely, Secretary > e-mail: info@ifhf.ie > Irish Family History Foundation, > c/o Riverbank, > Main St., > Newbridge, > Co. Kildare > Ireland > > Dear Ms. Kiely, > > I have a question regarding your posted copyright notice. > > If I pay for and receive marriage, birth, or death information from your > site; may I reference the information obtained in a personal family > tree that I have compiled and which I publish online at a personal > family web site? > > Will I be violating your copyright if I do this? > > Thank you for your time and consideration. > > Sincerely, > Kathy L. Rhodes > 1760 Valley Green Road > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-LIMERICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >