Sue, So, because it is inconvenient for you, you advocate breaking the law? Katherine >Hello, >I would like to thank all of the wonderful people that offered their >help when I recently emailed a plea for some of the information in the >older issues of Pennington Pedigrees. Today I got that material from >one of the Pennington angels, and it was so exciting to read through >what some of the previous researchers had to say about the family. An >unexpected surprise was some information on another of my husband's >lines. You just never know what you may find! > >I did receive one email telling me that the information could not be >sent due to copyright laws. I think that the Pennington officers, or >the membership as a whole, needs to re-think their policy here. Most >researchers "share" their information. I've run across very few that >are only "takers." >That information in the older issues, for the most part, is completely >lost to new members. Of course, they can purchase all issues that might >contain a few pages, but at what cost? > >Here's what the problems boils down to: As a member, who paid money to >join, I was unable to obtain the information about my group because of >copyright laws. But any non-member can walk into any library where >issues might be located, and can Xerox just as many pages as they wish. >No problem. I often go to the State Archives here in GA., and there is >usually a line at the Xerox machine. People Xerox from books and >periodicals all the day long. So, isn't there a problem with how this >is being handled? Is this fair to people who pays dues to join your >organization? > >Just a little something you might want to think about, and come up with >a plan for the benefit of your members. Again, thanks for all of the >help, and have a Merry Christmas! >Sue >==== PRA Mail List -- Visit our Web Site at > http://www.penningtonresearch.org >NOTE: All material submitted to this list may be used on the PRA web site >or in other PRA publications, with proper credit to the author. >__________________________________________________________ > List hosted by SOHOWeb.net -- The Small Business IPP. >Our goal: your success. Find out more at http://sohoweb.net > or via e-mail at [email protected]