As a general rule, posting anything to FB from a pay site violates their terms of use - basically stealing. I always ignore requests for "lookups" - I pays my money and they can, too. On the other hand, if the information is available from a free, publicly available site, just copy & paste the URL. Pauline Merrick Brookfield, MA ---------- Original Message ---------- From: "Deb" <dlhmda@gmail.com> To: "TGF" <transitional-genealogists-forum@rootsweb.com> Subject: [TGF] Copyright question Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2017 11:54:10 -0400 Hi all, I have a question about copyright. I am a member of several closed genealogy Facebook groups where there are requests for lookups, documents, obits, etc. What are the issues regarding posting a copy of a recent newspaper obituary whether from the paper itself or from an online source such as newspapers.com? I have transcribed info but have been leery of providing an actual copy. I have read the Ancestry Terms and Conditions and I think I understand how I personally can use the content, I am not sure about this particular issue. Thanks for any help or insight, Deb --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Read the terms and conditions of each site. That will help to understand what you can and can't do. Just because a site is free, doesn't mean you can copy and use the material.  Wells Genealogical ResearchCrystal Lake, Illinois815.519.5715wellsresearch.net From: "bmd101@netzero.net" <bmd101@netzero.net> To: dlhmda@gmail.com Cc: transitional-genealogists-forum@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2017 3:47 PM Subject: Re: [TGF] Copyright question As a general rule, posting anything to FB from a pay site violates their terms of use - basically stealing. I always ignore requests for "lookups" - I pays my money and they can, too. On the other hand, if the information is available from a free, publicly available site, just copy & paste the URL. Pauline Merrick Brookfield, MA ---------- Original Message ---------- From: "Deb" <dlhmda@gmail.com> To: "TGF" <transitional-genealogists-forum@rootsweb.com> Subject: [TGF] Copyright question Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2017 11:54:10 -0400 Hi all, I have a question about copyright. I am a member of several closed genealogy Facebook groups where there are requests for lookups, documents, obits, etc. What are the issues regarding posting a copy of a recent newspaper obituary  whether from the paper itself or from an online source such as newspapers.com? I have transcribed info but have been leery of providing an actual copy. I have read the Ancestry Terms and Conditions and I think I understand how I personally can use the content, I am not sure about this particular issue. Thanks for any help or insight, Deb --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message