Sho nuff chile. There is enough out there to keep us all busy for a hundred years. Don Kelly ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patti McNeal" <cyclewidowpatti@yahoo.com> To: <TNSMITH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 1:29 PM Subject: Re: [TNSMITH] History of Smith county > Thanks for the heads up. I guess I'm protective because though not > published for profit, I am a passioned writer and would be irritated to > say the least if someone profited from my work. > > Don Kelly <ocollaugh@comcast.net> wrote:Patti, I am a zealot when it comes > to protection of creative works. > > This passion bores right down to protecting what you create for your own > county website, and to the state and federal projects as well. > > Although my research is not infallible, I looked into the Goodspeeds works > ten years ago and found no legal bars to displaying those works. > > Nevertheless, I still credit everything donated to my websites, whether > under copyright or not. > > One file that helps me to do that is a permissive file folder. If anyone > ever challenges anything I post, I can provide the name of the person who > gave the works to me. > > It just makes good sense to credit and protect our submitters, thus > encourage broader base of submissions to enable massive growth of our > local, > and state, projects. > > With all that, I still abhor those who sell for profit the works of > others. > > Thanks for asking. This is IMHO. > > Don Kelly, descendent of William Owen of Smith, TN era 1833. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Randy Crain" > To: > Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 8:39 AM > Subject: Re: [TNSMITH] History of Smith county > > >> Definition: A public domain work is a creative work that is not protected >> by copyright and >> which may be freely used by everyone. The reasons that the work is not >> protected include: >> (1) the term of copyright for the work has expired; (2) the author failed >> to satisfy statutory >> formalities to perfect the copyright or (3) the work is a work of the >> U.S. >> Government. >> >> >> Published before 1923 In public domain None >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Patti McNeal" >> To: >> Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 10:26 AM >> Subject: Re: [TNSMITH] History of Smith county >> >> >>> O.K. but do we know if there are heirs with rights?? Just asking. Patti >>> >>> Don Kelly wrote:On the other hand, Goodspeeds >>> bios were printed in the late 1800s, well over >>> 70 years ago. >>> DonK >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Patti McNeal" >>> To: >>> Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 7:33 AM >>> Subject: Re: [TNSMITH] History of Smith county >>> >>> >>>> It sure sounds like copyright infringement to me. >>>> >>>> Patti McNeal >>>> >>>> Linda Lewis wrote: >>>> On ebay, there is a history of Smith county. A sixty nine page extract >>>> from Goodspeed. Is it illegal for these people to copy and print >>>> portions >>>> of these books and then sell them on places like ebay. >>>> Linda >>>> >>>> >>>> ==== TNSMITH Mailing List ==== >>>> Visit The Smith Co Web Site >>>> http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsmith/ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> --------------------------------- >>>> Yahoo! for Good >>>> Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. >>>> >>>> >>>> ==== TNSMITH Mailing List ==== >>>> Volunteer To Transcribe For The Smith Co Census Project... >>>> Already in Progress! >>>> http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsmith/tngen/census.htm >>>> >>> >>> >>> ==== TNSMITH Mailing List ==== >>> Submit Your Family Pictures, Biographies, Histories >>> Wills, Fokelore, To The Smith Co Web Project >>> http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsmith/ >>> >>> >>> >>> __________________________________________________ >>> Do You Yahoo!? >>> Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >>> http://mail.yahoo.com >>> >>> >>> ==== TNSMITH Mailing List ==== >>> Volunteer To Transcribe For The Smith Co Census Project. >>> Already In Progress! >>> http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsmith/tngen/census.htm >>> >> >> >> ==== TNSMITH Mailing List ==== >> Submit Your Family Pictures, Biographies, Histories >> Wills, Fokelore, To The Smith Co Web Project >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsmith/ >> > > > ==== TNSMITH Mailing List ==== > Submit Your Family Pictures, Biographies, Histories > Wills, Fokelore,Links To The Smith Co Web Project > http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsmith/ > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ==== TNSMITH Mailing List ==== > Submit Your Family Pictures, Biographies, Histories > Wills, Fokelore, To The Smith Co Web Project > http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsmith/ >