>X-Apparently-To: kthq@yahoo.com via mdd201.mail.yahoo.com >X-Track2: 2 >X-Track: 1: 40 >Resent-Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 14:19:03 -0800 (PST) >From: "David Boyd" <daveboydjr@mindspring.com> >Old-To: "Greene" <PAGREENE-L@rootsweb.com>, "Washington" ><PAWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com> >Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 17:23:52 -0500 >X-Priority: 3 >Subject: [PAWASHIN-L] Fw: [ALL] Fw: Family Tree Finders Tuesday >November 16, 1999 >To: PAWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-From: PAWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com >X-Mailing-List: <PAWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/7677 >X-Loop: PAWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-Sender: PAWASHIN-L-request@rootsweb.com > >This is worth reading, maybe even printing for future reference. Note, I >have not snipped the origin of this message, <grin> > >Dave Boyd - Pharmasaurus Rx >Greenville,SC >Listmanager, PAWASHIN-L;PAGREENE-L >Treasurer, House of Boyd Society >daveboydjr@mindspring.com > >----- Original Message ----- >From: sandyl <sandyl@pathway.net> >To: <PAALLEGH-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 1999 11:53 AM >Subject: [ALL] Fw: Family Tree Finders Tuesday November 16, 1999 > > >> I think will be of interest to many. >> >> Sandy >> >> ---------- >> > From: Family Tree Finders <soda-send@gt.sodamail.com> >> > To: sandyl@pathway.net >> > Subject: Family Tree Finders Tuesday November 16, 1999 >> > Date: Tuesday, November 16, 1999 6:23 AM >> > >> > >> > >> > FAMILY TREE FINDERS >> > Tuesday - 16 November 1999 >> > >> > It Was in the Public Domain >> > >> > A week or so ago, a fellow professional researcher and writer >> > shared an experience with me. She'd posted an article she'd >> > written on a web site and had recently found it copied on >> > someone else's web site. The problem wasn't so much that the >> > other person had the article; but that they had removed her >> > name and all identification that it was her work. She wrote to >> > them and requested that they pull down the article. The >> > response was interesting as the individual pointed out to her >> > that the article was in the public domain and that since they >> > were not making money from it that they had not done >> > anything wrong. >> > >> > This is a common misconception in the genealogical >> > community. Somehow we think that if we say "I didn't charge >> > anything for it." that it makes it all right to use someone else's >> > hard work. This is not accurate. >> > >> > Public domain does not refer to anything that is found on the >> > Internet. It refers to specific works whose copyrights have >> > expired. This is generally articles, books, and other writings >> > that were completed prior to 1925. Individuals are confusing >> > "freely available" with "public domain." >> > >> > Copyright extends to works written on the Internet. Most >> > researchers who take the time to make their research available >> > online do not place a copyright notice on it. However, that >> > does not mean that it is not covered by the copyright laws as >> > they stand today. As soon as a work has been created, it is >> > covered by copyright. >> > >> > While it is true that the actual names, dates and places that you >> > find online that may be a part of your ancestry are not >> > copyrighted, the overall format to the information is. If the >> > Web site has incorporated family stories in with the facts, then >> > those stories are copyrighted. >> > >> > Generally, when you find something interesting on the >> > Internet, all you need to do is to send the webmaster an e-mail. >> > Most of the time they will let you use the information. The >> > trick is to understand that you need to include the citation for >> > where the original information was found. >> > >> > Putting someone else's work up on your site and not including >> > the original author's name and URL is a copyright >> > infringement. It is stealing. It doesn't matter if you are > > > charging money for the information or not. All that matters is >> > where you got the information and if you have included the >> > name of the original author. Just because the computer offers >> > you a way to copy and paste doesn't mean you necessarily >> > should. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > Rhonda R. McClure >> > rhondam@sodamail.com >> > >> > If you know someone who is interested in genealogy, >> > please forward this entire message to them! >> > _________________________________________________ >> > To subscribe to Family Tree Finders, send a blank e-mail message to: >> > join-family-tree-finders@gt.sodamail.com >> > >> > At the site you can change your address, cancel or join: >> > http://207.153.204.247/cgi-bin/gt/login.html >> > > > > >==== PAWASHIN Mailing List ==== >There are many people joining our list each week. You may get >results from our new members if you repeat your family >informationevery few months. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com