Also remember that facts such as birthdates and burial information is not under copyright. If I post that Joe Monkey died Feb 1, 1290 and someone else then enters that information into thier work, even without crediting me there is no copyright infringement. Joe's death date cannot be copyrighted. This is where the importation of gedcoms comes into question. If you present someone else's gedcom as your own, you have violated copyright. HOWEVER if you add information, or combine the gedcom into your own gedcom, you are not in violation of any copyright law--especially if you change format. The exception to this is the importation of the notes feature. If you import the notes and republish (including putting on your personal website) without permission, there may be grounds for copyright violation for the notes only. Gedcom information as a filled form is not copyrightable. Robin