The copyright in Howard's book states: "Copyright reserved by the author on all material contained in this book, except those parts which are excerpts of, or transcripts of official records. It shall be unlawful for anyone to use or copy any copyrightable material, contained in this book, electronically or by any other means whatsoever without the written permission of the author." So, I read that all the official records, source documents are free to use without permission. It's his original wording, thoughts, and ideas that are protected by copyright. Also, if I understand the copyright for books, if your only intention is to quote the author properly (giving proper credit, footnotes, etc..) then you're not infringing any copyright laws. The key here is to stop someone from plagiarizing your work and calling it their own. I may be out to lunch, but that's the way I always understood it. In this case however, I agree, it would be very easy to email Bruce and get his permission. Darren Pace Marian Dunlap wrote: > When a book is copyrighted I think it doesn't need that author's > permission to use information from it as long as that author and the > title of the book are listed as the source of the information. > Marian. > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Betty A. Pace" <bapace2@juno.com> > To: <PACE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2005 2:50 PM > Subject: [PACE-L] College of William & Mary > > >> Now we need Ruth Keyes Clark >> Is someone up to this? We could volunteer the material in Bruce >> Howard's >> book, with his permission of course. >> Betty Pace >> From: gordpace@eagle.ca >> To: PACE-L@rootsweb.com >> Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 13:17:42 -0400 >> Subject: College of William & Mary >> The following message is on the PACE-Rootsweb bulletin board >> http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=rw&p=Surnames.Pace&m=1693 >> >> >> My name is Brian Heinsman and I am a graduate student in historical >> archaeology at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. >> For my masters thesis I am researching the 17th century occupation of >> Maycock's Point in Prince George County, which was excavated by a >> professor in this department from 1970-71. Based upon the artifact >> analysis to date, the structure in our collection appears to be that >> occupied by George Pace and Sarah Maycock from the 1630s-1660s/70s. As >> some of you may know the documentary records from this period of >> colonial history are fragmentary at best. While I will be continuing my >> search for family records on this site and others like it in the near >> future, any assistance you may be able to provide about the Samuel >> Maycock/George Pace families during the seventeenth century will be >> greatly appreciated. Thanks for the assistance. >> >> >> ==== PACE Mailing List ==== >> To share info which may be of interest to others, reply to the mail >> list (PACE-L@rootsweb.com). To say thank you or otherwise reply >> personally, reply to sender. >> > > > ==== PACE Mailing List ==== > Check out the Pace GenConnect Boards where you can post or peruse Pace > Bibles, Obits, Bios, Deeds, Wills, Queries, etc. Bookmark this URL: > http://boards.ancestry.com > > > >

At 10:47 14/08/2005 -0700, Darren wrote: >The copyright in Howard's book states: >"Copyright reserved by the author on all material contained in this book, >except those parts which are excerpts of, or transcripts of official records. >It shall be unlawful for anyone to use or copy any copyrightable material, >contained in this book, electronically or by any other means whatsoever >without the written permission of the author." > >So, I read that all the official records, source documents are free to use >without permission. >It's his original wording, thoughts, and ideas that are protected by >copyright. That's my understanding also. >Also, if I understand the copyright for books, if your only intention is >to quote the author >properly (giving proper credit, footnotes, etc..) then you're not >infringing any copyright laws. >The key here is to stop someone from plagiarizing your work and calling it >their own. I may be out to lunch, but that's the way I always understood it. It's legal to quote without permission provided the quote fits the "fair use" criteria (http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl102.html). >In this case however, I agree, it would be very easy to email Bruce and >get his permission. Yes. Or put Bruce Howard and the researcher in touch with each other. Ellen