Dear David This happened to me once, and when it did even I was surprised at the strength of my reaction to it. You have my sincere sympathy and complete support for the action you have been obliged to take. I note that your own decency has prevented you from naming and shaming the culprit. This is to your credit and no less than we would all have expected from you. But if you ever feel able to drop any hints about the toe rag who did this to you, I am sure we would all be grateful... Nil illegitimi carborundum! Caroline > 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: > > Map Of London Showing The Boundaries Of Parishes, Ecclesiastical > Districts, And Poor Law Divisions. 1877. > http://archivemaps.com/mapco/parish/parish.htm > > When I expressed that this was not acceptable, the response was that > they should have just stolen the item for their use anyway without > contacting me, implying that I had no right to an attitude of > protection or ownership of my real and intellectual property. > > Folks, we have all been through this before with Wallis's 1801 map, > and many of you actively assisted to redress the situation with the > persons involved (for which I thank you). Even so, it resulted in > removal of that map from the MAPCO website for about 18 months, until > I found the time to heavily watermark the images and re-display the > map. > > The MAPCO website represents an input of tens of thousands of hours > of my personal time over the last 6-7 years, plus an enormous > personal financial outlay of which you can only speculate. I have > always been willing to generously share the maps online for > researchers worldwide to use for free. In return I simply ask for > honest use of the site (I rarely have to push the issue of copyright > ownership, which is certainly law in my country and many others, > though with varying restrictions). > > Anyway, it is my sad duty to inform you that the London Parish > Boundaries Map 1877 has been removed from display from the MAPCO > website. It was perhaps the most unique London map on the site, and > it is with great regret that I am removing it from display. It is not > currently my intention to ever return it to the site. > > I sincerely apologise to all of you who used this map. > > Kind regards, > > David Hale, > Adelaide, > South Australia. > > MAPCO : Map And Plan Collection Online > http://archivemaps.com >