The government does not and cannot copyright the censuses or any other data that they publish because it belongs to the public in general. Their printed materials are uncopyrightable, except in format. Companies that make available the census on CD's, in books, etc. can only copyright the format, but never the actual material. You can copy the census and publish it in any manner you wish. You will never own the copyright to that census, only the format in which you presented it. Tina Hall ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frances Wimberly" <fmcw@ktc.com> To: <SCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: February 26, 2001 2:57 PM Subject: Re: [SC] more thoughts about transcribing census > Shirley; I'm in no position to do any of this, as much as I would like to > but may I ask: if a person looks up census on microfilm and makes copies in > the library of it can that person simply email(if they had a scanner that ==== SCROOTS Mailing List ==== Subscription management instructions are posted at http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/SC/misc.html ============================== Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate your heritage! http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog