Please do not take anything I have said or will say to mean that I support the taking of information from others without their permission. I do not. I respect the effort and the time and money that goes in to creating a publication. I'm also very grateful to those who do. People just have a strange idea of what a copyright will protect and what it won't. Where you might run in to trouble is when you're merrily copying public information from a book and the author has mixed public and private information together and you don't know that and end up taking the private information without their permission. You may have stepped over a thin line there. Just be considerate of the work of others, don't take large amounts of their work and whatever you do, give references as to where you got it. Besides that, if you do your research correctly, you will chase down the original (public) records to back up what was printed, therefore you don't need to copy from books. Edna Clack

Amen! Have a great evening! Rhonda ----- Original Message ----- From: <Woodchippy@aol.com> To: <VAFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 5:38 PM Subject: [VAFRANKL] My final word, also > Please do not take anything I have said or will say to mean that I support > the taking of information from others without their permission. I do not. I > respect the effort and the time and money that goes in to creating a > publication. I'm also very grateful to those who do. > > People just have a strange idea of what a copyright will protect and what it > won't. Where you might run in to trouble is when you're merrily copying > public information from a book and the author has mixed public and private > information together and you don't know that and end up taking the private > information without their permission. You may have stepped over a thin line > there. > > Just be considerate of the work of others, don't take large amounts of their > work and whatever you do, give references as to where you got it. Besides > that, if you do your research correctly, you will chase down the original > (public) records to back up what was printed, therefore you don't need to > copy from books. > Edna Clack > > > ==== VAFRANKL Mailing List ==== > Franklin Co., Va. List Archives > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?listname=VAFRANKL > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > >