My question relayed from another list was the issue of My Family--a subsidiary of Ancestry.com--claiming to copyright stuff on the Genconnect. I think the legal issue is incorrectly put by the authors of the attached excerpts, but I think one has the right to ask why a copyright notice is necessary. What are the intentions of Ancestry. I know others are bothered by Yahoo--who bought Geocities--and by Family Tree Maker making similar copyright claims on hard-earned material donated by thousands of people all around the country. It is my understanding that genealogy material cannot be copyrighted, but perhaps any write-ups which combine and extrapolate facts are. I have checked out nothing, which is why I didn't send this to the list originally. Perhaps when I have more time I will. I for one think Ancestry.com's financial rescue of Rootsweb is something to be commended. I am just curious if there is a "catch." Diana Excerpts of the issue from the other list. As list admin for several lists on rootsweb and gen connect board, I > decided to check out the new boards. If you choose to print a > message, you will get a notice that the INFORMATION is copyright by > MYFAMILY.COM and cannot be used without their permission. It doesn't > say anything about the author, just the permission of MYFAMILY.COM. > It would be sad to find later on that you couldn't use you own family > Bible records because MYFAMILY.COM holds the copyright. > They don't bother to put this forth when someone posts, only when > they choose to print. > Carol R.