Thanks Edna!!!!!!! I was having a hard time understanding that one! Have a wonderful evening! Rhonda ----- Original Message ----- From: <Woodchippy@aol.com> To: <VAFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 5:26 PM Subject: Re: [VAFRANKL] Copyright > In a message dated 8/1/2001 7:08:55 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > jrpalmer@intelos.net writes: > > > > Just a Question here! How does one go about copyrighting information that > > is, by law, free to the public for viewing? Public Record to be exact. It > > is my understanding that one can go to any local court house and go through > > the records (correct me if I misunderstand this issue) so how, by law, does > > any one individual copyright such material? > > > > You cannot copyright public information, period. You can use public > > information in a publication and the format you use can be copyrighted > > along with the rest of the book. When I say format, I mean the particular > > way you present the data can be copyrighted. The data itself can't be > > copyrighted. > > Edna > > > > > ==== VAFRANKL Mailing List ==== > TO UNSUBSCRIBE from this mailing list, send a message to > VAFRANKL-L-request@rootsweb.com containing only the one word > unsubscribe. Leave the subject blank or use the word unsubscribe > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > >