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From: Virginia Crilley <varcsix(a)hot.rr.com>
To: GAGEN-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: [GAGEN] Copyright notice
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2004 09:07:04 -0600
In one of the responses from a CC, there was a question
about the use of the "copyright" on the County Pages.
I"m not sure this has ever really been defined, and
perhaps we could get some feedback here.
The question raised was if a CC gives the page to another
CC, is it proper for the copyright for those previous
years to be "assumed" by the new CC.
Or would it be better to retain the CC's name and
copyright for those earlier years.
"Copyright 1996-2001 by Jane Jones
Copyright 2001-2004 by Jerry Smith
Do you think this would be a better way to state this? It
would then give a record of the county from it's origin
to the present day Coordinator. OR does it really
matter?
Additionally back in 2002.... CAT has some
suggestions...in which she felt the content belonged to
USGenWeb but the design should be the CCs --- and that
new CCs should not assume the "graphics" without proper
permission from the creator of the graphics themselved.
This resulted in some unresolved dialogue about who does
own the content, and if the CC must "leave" the work that
they did themselves. That is an issue in itself--and not
what is meant here!
I wanted to clarify that the "copyright notice" in the
"page requirements" is not about who owns the content of
the page, but just the statement of the "copyright".
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Genealogy research usually begins with our
great-grandparents to preserve
the privacy of 'living persons'. If you encounter a
person searching their birth parents, the need to go to
the area on the web that deals with just this type of
research. Please refer them to:
http://www.adoption.org
My 1/2 cent (probably not worth 2 cents);
My personal feelings on this is that if the new CC
"inherits" any pages it would be a nice, friendly, gesture
to leave the "retiring" CC named together with the new CC.
This would help acknowledge the work done by previous CC, in
many case invaluable information.
Paul Parker
Carroll County CC