The following is from Dr. Brian Leverich. While I do not agree with everything he says (most of it though), they are furnishing the equipment and support that make this list possible. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >Hi everyone - > >I'm sorry to have to do this, but I'm starting to lose a day a week >or more to this problem and it's gotta stop. > >Remember, RootsWeb only has three formal policies but the *first* >among them is "No copyrighted material (save with permission or as >allowed by Fair Use)". > >Also remember that for the purpose of policy RootsWeb takes a >conservative view of intellectual property rights. We don't have >much use for the "facts can't be copyrighted" truism, because almost >everyone who uses that expression doesn't understand what it does >and doesn't mean. And even when some material can be legally >copied, it may still be morally wrong or invite public relations >problems to do so. > >In particular, RootsWeb generally believes that *anything* published >in book form within the last 75 years should not be copied and >appear on our servers without the permission of the author or the >copyright holder. That *specifically* applies to cemetery >transcriptions: if you didn't walk the cemetery yourself and you >don't have explicit permission from the person who did, that >material should NOT be served from RootsWeb. > >It's fine for folks to disagree with our policies, but if you do >disagree please have the courtesy of using other servers to host >material that might violate RootsWeb's policies. If you insist on >serving that material from RootsWeb, you're cheating *everyone* else >by diverting Karen and me into dealing with legal problems when we >should be creating accounts and mailing lists for the community. > >Thanks for your help with this, B. > > >-- >Dr. Brian Leverich Co-moderator, soc.genealogy.methods/GENMTD-L >RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative http://www.rootsweb.com/ >P.O. Box 6798, Frazier Park, CA 93222-6798 leverich@rootsweb.com > >______________________________ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Larry Noah - larmil-1@worldnet.att.net Listowner - NCORANGE mailing list See my Ancestors at - http://www.trailerpark.com/tango/lrnoah Gedcoms & other data are at - http://members.tripod.com/~lrnoah Florence Co,SC GenWeb - http://www.rootsweb.com/~scfloren Orange Co, NC GenWeb - http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncorange ==== NCORANGE Mailing List ==== Larry Noah - lrnoah@bigfoot.com - Listowner - NCORANGE mailing list Orange Co, NC USGenWeb site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncorange GENDEX at http://www.gendex.com/gendex/ has over 1500 databases on line