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? Rhonda Bassett ----- Original Message ----- From: <weberc_r@clark.net> To: <VAFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 12:14 PM Subject: Re: [VAFRANKL] Copyright > Sending any email to a list is in fact publishing (making public). > Publishing more than a small amount of copyrighted material (fair use) > violates the copyright. That doesn't mean a small amount in each post. > > For those who doubt this, try republishing (on the web or on an email list) > a significant amount of data from Ancestry.com or Broderbund. You can > expect to hear from their lawyers once it's brought to their attention. > > If copyrighted works could be republished at will, where's the incentive for > authors and compilers? To create a book in that enviroment would be to > invite theft of your labors. Of course, burglary will never cease and > copyright infringement will never cease. We have laws to minimize both and > to deal with violators. > > Undoubtedly many well-meaning individuals do not think this through and have > only good intentions. Please think before publishing copyrighted material. > And read the notices that come with your Broderbund CDs. > > > > > ==== VAFRANKL Mailing List ==== > Franklin Co., Va. List Administrator > Barbara Stanley > bobnroa@pipeline.com or > VAFRANKL-admin@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > >