----- Original Message ----- From: "JLA" <[email protected]> > If I learned one thing about the Internet it's this: if you don't want > it copied then don't upload it. I don't mind my work being copied, but, hey give credit where credit is due. As fas as I am concerned FAG is open season for copying everything they have in the way of transcriptions. I'd hazard a guess they wouldn't like it any more than I do if I took all the transcriptions I could get from there and posted them all on my websites and called it my own work. As long as they allow that I won't give them anything that I do, other than what their contributors steal from my websites and call their own. And, I do call that theft when they claim it's their own. Jan

The individual who uploaded your images did so without your consent and you have a legitimate grievance. >From the FAQ: Someone posted my copyrighted photos! How can I get them removed or get them properly credited? It is a violation of Find A Grave policy to post such photos. There is a link to this policy on every single content page at the Find A Grave website. As you probably know, having a policy is one thing, but enforcing it can be exceedingly difficult. Once an image is posted anywhere on the internet, many people believe it is 'free game' for them to take and use as they wish. Physically (or electronically) preventing this is an impossible challenge because anything that can be viewed on a screen can be captured and reused. That leaves us with a policy, which we clearly state and enforce when violations are brought to our attention. Users who have posted copyrighted material will be sent a warning. Repeat offenders of our copyright policy will have their account suspended. If you find any copyright abuses posted by Find A Grave users, please report them by sending us an email with a link to the photo(s). We respect copyright laws as well as the ethics of 'giving credit where credit is due'. Please let us know if you would prefer to have your photos removed or simply transferred to your Find A Grave account. If you prefer to have them transferred please be sure to include the email address associated with your account if it is different from the address you are writing from (don't forget to include a link to the photo). If you do not have a Find A Grave account and would like one, we can create one for you and transfer the photo credits to the new account. Email: [email protected] I would like to encourage you to take your complaint to the source. Email: [email protected] Mail: Find A Grave PO Box 522107 Salt Lake City, UT 84152-2107 Sincerely, Joan On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 11:01 AM, Jan Cortez <[email protected]> wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "JLA" <[email protected]> >> If I learned one thing about the Internet it's this: if you don't want >> it copied then don't upload it. > > I don't mind my work being copied, but, hey give credit where credit is due. > As fas as I am concerned FAG is open season for copying everything they have > in the way of transcriptions.  I'd hazard a guess they wouldn't like it any > more than I do if I took all the transcriptions I could get from there and > posted them all on my websites and called it my own work.  As long as they > allow that I won't give them anything that I do, other than what their > contributors steal from my websites and call their own.  And, I do call that > theft when they claim it's their own. > > Jan > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >