>There *is* a difference in philosophy between the standards of SCGenWeb >and those expressed by Craig Smith as webmaster for the HCHS. We at >SCGenWeb are committed to preserving the copyright of all data submitted >to any of its county sites to the CONTRIBUTOR. Craig maintains that all >data submitted to HCHS becomes the property of, and is copyrighted to, HCHS. This is not true...The HCHS maintains that the data from the IRQ's are the property of the HCHS. Data submitted by others are theirs to do with as they see fit. >As State Coordinator, I had several discussions with Craig about giving credit >where it was due. Up until he moved all data to the new HCHS site, data >contributed to the site was credited to the submitter. This is no longer true >and it is why the HCHS site cannot be a part of SCGenWeb. I cannot, and >absolutely will not, allow anyone to own YOUR data. It is yours to share, >AND to withdraw, as you see fit. This too is not true >Please show me, if you can, which of the HCHS pages were Jim's. I know, but >do you? Perhaps it doesn't matter to you but it does to me. I believe quite >strongly in doing the right thing and assigning copyright to individuals. This too is not true...example....The 1820 Horry County, SC, Census A - G Transcribed by Jim Farmer San Francisco, November 1997 There is no reason why he could not link to both, if he wished to do so. It would certainly be helpful to all of you if he did, but it is up to him. Victoria you are the one that changed the return link only to the genweb site. The whole problem with Victoria stems from the copyright of data that has been published by the Horry County Historical Society. The HCHS will not grant permission to post this data elsewhere and Victoria cannot accept that. The HCHS started gathering data in 1966 and many of the contributors are now deceased and the HCHS will protect this data. You said, I personally applaud the generosity >of the HCHS is making its data available to Horry County researchers on >the Internet. Very few historical/genealogical societies are willing to share >their resources in this fashion. Their generosity has a few strings attached. Look in any of their publications and you will see it. Craig Smith