This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --part0_911179625_boundary Content-ID: <0_911179625@inet_out.mail.aol.com.1> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII This will knock me out of the Electronic Genealogy business. Call your Congressman. Bud/Dad --part0_911179625_boundary Content-ID: <0_911179625@inet_out.mail.csi.com.2> Content-type: message/rfc822 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline Return-Path: <maryloumidkiff@csi.com> Received: from rly-zb01.mx.aol.com (rly-zb01.mail.aol.com [172.31.41.1]) by air-zb01.mail.aol.com (v51.16) with SMTP; Wed, 11 Nov 1998 11:30:09 -0500 Received: from NIH2WAAF (smtp6.site1.csi.com [149.174.183.75]) by rly-zb01.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with ESMTP id LAA05404; Wed, 11 Nov 1998 11:30:04 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail pickup service by csi.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Wed, 11 Nov 1998 11:29:49 -0500 Sender: maryloumidkiff@csi.com Received: from CIS (dal-qbu-zoi-vty18.as.wcom.net [209.154.116.18]) by hil-img-ims-3.compuserve.com (8.8.6/8.8.6/IMS-1.6) with SMTP id LAA26109; Wed, 11 Nov 1998 11:29:12 -0500 (EST) From: "Mary Lou Midkiff" <maryloumidkiff@csi.com> To: "Zitting, Allene" <AJZiptwo@aol.com>, "Poklemba, Patt" <AlbertP106@aol.com>, "Northrup, Cheryl" <northrup@iguana.ruralnet.net>, "Midkiff, Robert L." <BMIDKIFF@worldnet.att.net>, "Midkiff, Monte" <monte@pacificrim.net>, "Midkiff, Mike & Diane" <mikemidkiff@msn.com>, "Midkiff, Mary Lenora" <JTMills@aol.com>, "Midkiff, Ken W." <@Compuserve.com@compuserve.com>, "Midkiff, Johnny" <mjmidkiff@aol.com>, "Midkiff, James M." <Jmmjsm@aol.com>, "Midkiff, Greg" <espgmid@aol.com>, "Midkiff, Doug" <Internet:dmidkiff@rochester.infi.net>, "Midkiff, Clay" <INTERNET:Internet:http://www.cmidkiff@enogex.com@Internet@compuserve.com>, "Midkiff, Bob" <bmidkiff@quik.com>, "Metcalf, Junior Ray" <JrMetcalf@aol.com>, "Linville, Ada Jean" <glinvil4595@aol.com>, "Kilgore, Julia" <jakil@gte.net>, "Coppola, Eileen" <E5jc6@aol.com>, "Midkiff, Charles" <cmidkiff@gte.net>, "Bryant, Barty" <bartwb@worldnet.att.net>, "Adkins, J. J." <jjadkins@HiWAAY.net>, "Kekich, Dorothy Midkiff" <Henwillms@aol.com>, "Little, Dana Dee" <danadee@uclink4.berkeley.edu>, <Sullivan@aol.com>, Larry.G.@aol.com, <Potter@aol.com>, Paul@aol.com, <Potter@aol.com>, Mark@aol.com, "Morehead, Barbara" <barbmore@northcoast.com>, "Lewis M. Ruddick" <1ruddick@ix.netcom.com>, "Goodman, Sue" <suelucky1@aol.com>, <Frey@aol.com>, Alberta@aol.com, "Chadbourne, Ted" <75113.3230@compuserve.com>, <Bennett@aol.com>, Alana@aol.com, "Patrick, Joseph" <Internet:joseph.patrick@worldnet.att.net@compuserve.com>, "Cole, Al" <INTERNET:condorc@aol.com@compuserve.com>, "Carman, Beverly" <INTERNET:INTERNET:bcpeach@bellatlantic.net@INTERNET@compuserve.com>, "Hendron, Linda Cole" <INTERNET:INTERNET:lindah@nconline.com@INTERNET@compuserve.com>, "LLoyd, Mary Lou" <Internet:nlloyd@concentric.net@compuserve.com>, "McAlister, Sharon" <73372.1745@compuserve.com> Subject: FCC and Genealogy Acess Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 10:24:07 -0600 Message-ID: <01be0d8f$b4a8d340$0100007f@CIS.Gateway.compuserve.com> X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.71.1712.3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.71.1712.3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: 2 situations,FCC charging and Genealogy.no access for 1923 >If you get a chance to write your congress man...word coming down from th= e >net is this;;; >Does anyone have any information on this subject?? >If this is true, it lets me out completely. If this is true & is passed, >it will certainly clear the telephone lines, LOL > >-------------------- >I just heard on CNN, that the FCC will make decision in TWO weeks as to i= f it >is going to allow a CHARGE, equal to a LONG DISTANCE CALL, EACH time you >access the Internet! This would stop me from doing genealogy via the >computer, what about you? Please write your congressman. >Gladys >_----------------------------------- >Looks like this might be serious, & absolutely no joke to it. >Will continue to check it out... > >-------------------- >>You can locate your Congressman's address at: >>http://www.house.gov/writerep/ >> >>Please write to him/her. >>Patsy >> HERE IS THE PROBLEM >-------------------------------------- >Sandra Johnson wrote: > >> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D >> >> - Congress Passes Bill Detrimental to Genealogists >> >> The U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate have been working >> for a while on a bill designed to extend the term of copyright >> protection by 20 years. H.R. 2589, the House version of copyright >> term extension and now named, "The Sonny Bono Copyright Term >> Extension Act," was adopted by the full House or Representatives >> on March 25, 1998. The bill was sent to the Senate, where it >> languished for some time. In September the Senate passed a >> slightly different bill. The two bodies then worked out a >> compromise document. The House and the Senate passed S. 505 on >> October 7, 1998. President Clinton signed the bill on October 27, >> 1998. >> >> Per our Constitution, our government, "to promote the science and >> useful arts" ... secures "for limited times to authors and >> inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and >> discoveries." This balances the right of a person to make a >> profit, with the right of the people to the work (so they can >> freely make derivative works). >> >> Until 1979, the copyright term was 56 years: one 28 year term, >> extendible for an additional 28 years. Hence, in 1978 all works >> created in or before 1922 were in the public domain. In 1979, >> Congress RETROACTIVELY extended copyright terms 19 years, so that >> the material from 1923 has never entered the public domain. Now, >> 19 years later, at the urging of the Walt Disney Company, the >> Gershwin heirs, and many others concerned with their rights to >> keep exclusive ownership of intellectual property, Congress has >> RETROACTIVELY extended copyright terms another 20 years, to 95 >> years. >> >> This means that materials written in 1923, which would have >> entered the public domain on Jan. 1, 1999, will now enter the >> public domain on Jan 1, 2019. Materials written in 1924 will now >> enter the public domain on Jan. 1, 2020. And that, sir, is only >> if Congress does not retroactively extend the term a third time. >> >> What impact does this have on genealogists? We all want >> information. In this day and age, information usually is found >> online or on CD-ROM disks. Yet the people who produce those online >> databases and CD-ROM disks are now prohibited from reproducing >> materials printed after 1922. >> >> Newspapers after 1922 (obituaries, especially) will now be in >> copyright for another 20 years. You'll need to wait 20 more years >> before they can be transcribed and put online for free. Old >> genealogies, which might be useful if reprinted, cannot be freely >> reprinted or placed online for an additional 20 years. Historical >> materials cannot be reprinted or placed online for an additional >> 20 years. Likewise, obscure works whose copyright status is >> uncertain or where the heirs cannot be tracked down, cannot be >> placed online for an additional 20 years. >> >> For a much more detailed description of the impact, look at: >> http://www.public.asu.edu/~dkarjala/ >> >> My thanks to Richard J. Yanco for his update on the issue. He was >> quite helpful in describing the legal language of the bill to me. >> If you would like to contact Richard, he is at: >> rjyanco@unix.amherst.edu >> >> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D >> >> If you want to see the current issue as well as back issues of the >> newsletter, look on the World Wide Web at: >> >> http://www.ancestry.com/columns/eastman/index.htm >> >> Please feel free to copy this subscription information and pass it >> on to anyone else who you think might be interested in obtaining a >> free subscription. >> >> ----------------------------------------------- >> List problems? >> Check >> your WELCOME message FIRST >> http://php.indiana.edu/~stephenl/problems.htm SECOND >> then contact stephenL@indiana.edu > --part0_911179625_boundary--