MY OPINION: You can't copy right facts, only the presentation of them. Doing a lookup is providing an educational service. Copyrights are not broken unless you start posting the copyright material in the format it is presented. Passing on of "facts" is always acceptable. If ya don't believe me, check out this site: http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/ R/S MAK > ATTACHMENT part 2 message/rfc822 > Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 19:41:36 -0600 > From: Clare E Guse <ceguse@juno.com> > To: WIGEN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [WIGEN-L] lookups and copyright > > Hi everyone , > > I have a question about lookups in books that are under copyright. The > USGenWeb volunteer pages > (http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.html) seem to imply that > one needs to get the author's permission in writing to do lookups in a > book under copyright. The new WIGenWeb pages suggest that if one own's > the book, then one can do lookups. I have someone volunteering to do > lookups in a book published in 1991 by a historical society. I also own > a recently published book (again by a historical society) that I would > like to do lookups in. Anybody know what's right? > > Clare > > Clare Guse > ceguse@juno.com > coordinator WIGenWeb Dodge County > http://www.rootsweb.com/~widodge/ > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~ceguse/ > > ________________________________________________________________ > YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! > Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! > Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > > ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 3 message/rfc822 > Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 05:32:10 -0800 (PST) > From: MAK <makkuehl@yahoo.com> > To: WIGEN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [WIGEN-L] chat and chit! > > Tina, Kelly, Ken, and all others, > > The chat last night was really helpful, especially on how to use MIRC. If > anyone out there is timid about coming on down to chat, well, don't. It was > a > pleasant evening, even though I got there late. > > All of us were able to express their own opinions with light hearted kidding. > > I feel like I know some other people, especially from AL And TX. Even got > some > new .wav files to play with and meet some new people. > > One thing I would ask Tina is that you send out the warning so we get it > Tuesday evening instead of Wedneday. With my commute to work, etc, I > sometimes > don't get home late, like last night and end up going OH NO, and almost > forget > the chat! I will try to put it on my planning schedule, as I feel > COMMUNICATION is the number one key to sucess, right behind great leadership > (which we have) and creative volunteers (which are plentiful!) > > Also, Tina, for some people that night doesn't work. Perhaps every other > week > we could set up an alternate time, if you get enough nods??? > > Just my thoughts. Have a nice day, out the door... O'dark thirty here. > > R/S MAK > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. > http://im.yahoo.com > > ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 4 message/rfc822 > Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 11:50:03 EST > From: MrsGrinnin@aol.com > To: WIGEN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [WIGEN-L] Search Engine Submission Tutorials > > Hi guys: > > Per some requests in last nights chat, here's the site for tutorials on > search engine submissions, how they work, how to program for them to get the > best rating and a list of the major search engines with links to them for > submitting your URL. > > I used this site to submit several sites I created to the search engines and > they are consistently being ranked in the top 10 returns in their categories. > > The URL is: > > <http://www.searchenginewatch.com/> > > Hope you will find this helpful. I've also gotten to be pretty knowledgeable > > about the subject, so if you have any questions on meta tags and how they > work with the search engines, just let me know. > > Debbie Barrett > CC Pierce County, WI > ===== ===== TheStorm http://www.rootsweb.com/TheStorm MAK = "Mar sea ah Ann Keel" ===== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com