Sorry for the misread everyone! I think it was way too late for me to not be caffeinated last night. Alice On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 11:05 AM, Haynes, Patricia A. <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't think he meant that. I understood him to mean Ancestry is the > bad guy, not you. > > Patricia Haynes > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alice Warner > Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 12:31 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [KYBUTLER] Moving Butler Co website off of RootsWeb > > Don, > > Are you suggesting that after I moved my site off of rootsweb to keep > that from happening, that everyone should pull their submissions from my > site? > > I do respond to requests to remove data, and will do so. However the > purpose of my site and the KYGenweb project is to promote free > genealogy. One of the many reasons for its moving was to preserve it as > a free genealogy resource in a way under my control. > > If you have any data on my site and are deciding that since I have gone > to great lengths to preserve it as free access data, that it still falls > under "thievery" and you would like data removed you will have to let me > know. > Suggesting that people pull out from "any of the sites" they have > contributed to is very hurtful to people like me that do work for *free* > genealogy. Pulling out from specific sites-- that's one thing. Just > pulling all submissions-- that hurts everyone that ever wanted to see > that information. But, if you truly believe in my thievery, email me > immediately with links on my website of anything you have ever submitted > to me and I will very willingly remove it all. > > Alice Warner > County Coordinator, Butler County KYGenweb > > On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 1:03 AM, Don Burris <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Correct you are dawn, > > They have owned this site all along but have decided that they can > > grab you by the throat and get another nickel from us, plus the fact > > that whatever we have posted seems to belong to them and not the > > contributor any longer. I would highly suggest that those who do > > object to this kind of thievery to go back to any of the sites that > > you have contributed to and retrieve your files. You do have the > > right to object to their using this for profit. Just download what > > you have in it, and send them a statement telling them that they may > > NOT use your info in any form without written consent. Good job and > > kudos to those that have put in so much time and effort into saving > what is being taken away for profit. > > > > Don > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Dawn Carlile<mailto:[email protected]> > > To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 9:49 PM > > Subject: [KYBUTLER] Moving Butler Co website off of RootsWeb > > > > > > I expect to see a number of websites moving away from RootsWeb now > > that Ancestry is running the show. They have a bad habit of > > confiscating your freely contributed information and then charging > > people to look at it. I am sure it won't be long before there is a > > membership fee to view it. The site looks great. I for one think red > > should be reserved for *new* and special headings and it doesn't work > > > well against any color other than white. > > Thank > > you for all your hard work on the Butler Co. site! > > > > > > > > Dawn > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the > > body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >