I'm for taking them out of the library until they can be protected, and if somebody wants something, charge a fee. I can't believe somebody can be so selfish to steel them like that. ----- Original Message ----- From: <OmahaMom@aol.com> To: <nedodge@rootsweb.com>; <NEDOUGLA@rootsweb.com>; <nesarpy@rootsweb.com>; <NESAUNDE@rootsweb.com>; <iapottaw@rootsweb.com>; <NEBRHeritage@rootsweb.com>; <nebrroots@rootsweb.com>; <necass@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 9:17 PM Subject: [NEDOUGLA] The obit thieves struck again > This time they stole the data base for 1914 obits. I don't know what > they > think they're doing, but if it shows up on the internet--it isn't THEIR > work, > and it was taken without permission. They not only take the materials, > they > make it so that nobody else can use it either, until their theft is > discovered and the information can be replaced. > > Thing is, most of the cost of paper and printers ink to print these out > comes out of my pocket, and a lot of my time, and the time of some very > dedicated > people goes into collection of this data so that everyone can find more > ancestors. It's one thing to reprint because we've added a big bunch of > names, > but we shouldn't have to reprint because somebody can't keep their hands > off > of somebody else's work. > > If the theft goes on, we may have to put the notebooks behind the > reference > desk, and only those who ask will have access to them--to use at the > desk. > And those who don't know about the books at the reference desk will be > out of > luck for locating references to the unclipped obits (which are mostly > from > 1977 to the present--except for those that have been stolen.) I'd hate > to have > that happen for everybody's sake. Another option would be not to take > the > obits we've indexed to the library until they're ready to put them on > line. > > Please watch web sites for large numbers of obit references. They don't > belong to the people who are posting. > > Karen > > > > > > > ************************************** See what's free at > http://www.aol.com. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NEDOUGLA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message