The best, but maybe the most confusing source for this issue is our USGEBWEB bylaws:
X. COPYRIGHT
A. In The USGenWeb Project, copyright of websites resides solely with the creator of the
web page(s). Their inclusion as part of The USGenWeb Project does not give any irrevocable
right, implied or otherwise, to The USGenWeb Project to permanently use the material.
B. In The USGenWeb Project, copyright to queries and any other data submitted to any state
or local websites resides with the submitter. The submission of queries and other data to
The USGenWeb Project implies that The USGenWeb Project may continue to post the material
until/if such time the submitter requests removal.
C. In The USGenWeb Project, copyright to data contributed to any special projects resides
with the contributor, who agrees that The USGenWeb Project, as a not-for-profit group, has
permanent use of the data. The permanent use agreement is conditional upon the non-profit
nature of The USGenWeb Project and will become null and void if The USGenWeb Project
should ever cease to be non-profit.
D. All members of The USGenWeb Project shall be responsible for adhering to The USGenWeb
Project's Official Copyright Policy which may be found, along with further information
about copyright, at The USGenWeb Project national website,
http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.html.
This is found on
http://usgenweb.org/volunteers/bylaws.shtml
It is confusing because it appears that web pages as noted in "A" and data (in
special projects only?) at "C are two different things.
Regards,
Nancy Thornton - Live Long and Prosper
Teton Co. MTGenWeb coordinator
www.rootsweb.com/~mtteton
"Let us meet in a space with no fences" — Kate Potter.
On Apr 2, 2013, at 6:05 PM, Shirley Cullum <shirlcullum(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I have a statement in my file with RootsWeb that any sites in my
name
belong to the state project.
Most contributors would never think of removing their information.
Any submissions I have made to any site is there for the duration. <g>
Shirley
On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 6:51 PM, Karen De Groote <iagenieme(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Ah, I thought there was a statute of limitations. Imagine how empty the
> USGW would be if all submitters did the same thing. We have a super thing
> in Iowa, we will our sites to the state project so when we leave the
> project doesn't suffer. Perhaps we CCs might consider doing the same for
> MTGenWeb? I have yet to meet a non-CC submitter come back years later and
> demand to have something removed. I am so thankful I have good submitters.
> Karen
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 5:56 PM, Shirley Cullum <shirlcullum(a)gmail.com
>> wrote:
>
>> Contributors can request that their submissions be removed at any time.
> And
>> we are bound to honor those requests.
>> Most of those requests are because of sour grapes and that is what is
>> behind JoAnn's demand.
>>
>> Shirley
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 3:12 PM, Karen De Groote <iagenieme(a)gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I thought any information donated when she was here became part of the
>>> MTGenWeb project? Why after all these years has she made this demand?
> I
>>> don't think I have anything from her but that is not playing nice in my
>>> opinion.
>>> Karen
>>>
>>> On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 2:53 PM, Shirley Cullum <shirlcullum(a)gmail.com
>>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> JoAnn Boyd Scott has requested that any and all information
> contributed
>>> by
>>>> her be removed from all MTGenWeb county websites. Please take care of
>>> this
>>>> ASAP.
>>>>
>>>> Shirley
>>>>
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