David - while I understand and share your outrage, isn't this a case of bolting the stable door after the horse has gone ? The map has been hijacked but there is no need to penalise the rest of the genealogical community. Is there no way you can control who has access to your site, either by way of subscription or password control or simply by preventing downloads ? I'm sure someone more computer-savvy than me can come up with a way of doing that. Anne South Australia David Hale (Home) wrote: > Hello All. > > I have recently been contact by someone who informed me that they > intended to"hijack" the work I have put into the MAPCO website, by > using the following map with or without my permission: >

Or maybe all the maps need to be heavily watermarked. Unfortunately this case is probably just the tip of the iceberg and there have probably been many more hijacks we are not yet aware of. Steve UK -----Original Message----- From: Anne Chambers Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2010 9:44 AM To: kent-eng@rootsweb.com ; Surrey ; middlesex_county_uk@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MDX] [KENT-ENG] London Parish Boundaries Map 1877 David - while I understand and share your outrage, isn't this a case of bolting the stable door after the horse has gone ? The map has been hijacked but there is no need to penalise the rest of the genealogical community. Is there no way you can control who has access to your site, either by way of subscription or password control or simply by preventing downloads ? I'm sure someone more computer-savvy than me can come up with a way of doing that. Anne South Australia David Hale (Home) wrote: > Hello All. > > I have recently been contact by someone who informed me that they > intended to"hijack" the work I have put into the MAPCO website, by > using the following map with or without my permission: > ************************************** Send your List messages using **PLAIN TEXT** and always **TRIM AWAY** superfluous old messages in replies. List Admin can be contacted at: Middlesex_County_UK-admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MIDDLESEX_COUNTY_UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Anne Chambers wrote: > Is there no way you can control who has > access to your site, either by way of subscription or password > control or simply by preventing downloads ? I'm sure someone more > computer-savvy than me can come up with a way of doing that. I've come across some sites where there's a large "you can't download this page/image" notice but, in fact, it's impossible to stop anyone downloading anything from any site. You don't have to be particularly computer savvy to do it either. Watermarking can be a deterent because it can take quite a bit of work to remove them, more usually than a thief can be bothered with. Registering to use the site could result in an innocent party being blocked from using David's site if one of his maps is misappropriated. The majority of internet users are decent honest people but, as in any walk of life, there's a dishonest minority and there's very little can be done about them without great, and disproportionate, cost. -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk http://www.savethegurkhas.co.uk/

Anne Chambers wrote: > Is there no way you can control who has > access to your site, either by way of subscription or password > control or simply by preventing downloads ? I'm sure someone more > computer-savvy than me can come up with a way of doing that. I've come across some sites where there's a large "you can't download this page/image" notice but, in fact, it's impossible to stop anyone downloading anything from any site. You don't have to be particularly computer savvy to do it either. Watermarking can be a deterent because it can take quite a bit of work to remove them, more usually than a thief can be bothered with. Registering to use the site could result in an innocent party being blocked from using David's site if one of his maps is misappropriated. The majority of internet users are decent honest people but, as in any walk of life, there's a dishonest minority and there's very little can be done about them without great, and disproportionate, cost sadly. -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk http://www.savethegurkhas.co.uk/

On 10/16/2010 05:57 AM, Charani wrote: > Anne Chambers wrote: >> Is there no way you can control who has >> access to your site, either by way of subscription or password >> control or simply by preventing downloads ? I'm sure someone more >> computer-savvy than me can come up with a way of doing that. > I've come across some sites where there's a large "you can't download > this page/image" notice but, in fact, it's impossible to stop anyone > downloading anything from any site. You don't have to be particularly > computer savvy to do it either. > > Watermarking can be a deterent because it can take quite a bit of work > to remove them, more usually than a thief can be bothered with. > > Registering to use the site could result in an innocent party being > blocked from using David's site if one of his maps is misappropriated. > > The majority of internet users are decent honest people but, as in any > walk of life, there's a dishonest minority and there's very little can > be done about them without great, and disproportionate, cost sadly. > And yet Genealogy mailing lists are full of people requesting and receiving freebe lookups!