I concur with Doreen on this bylaw. I DO NOT agree with "Permanent" display
as the USGW Archives requires. It is not their information. It is submitted
for use by others for free and is still the property of the submitter. I
think they intend to use this "permanent" to circumvent copyright of the
original transcriber.
Patricia A. Scott
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From: <ScismGenie(a)aol.com
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Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 9:24 PM
Subject: Re: [NVGEN] Proposed Bylaws
In a message dated 3/20/2002 4:21:10 PM Pacific Standard Time,
DRobin5727(a)aol.com writes:
> My only concern is with article 11:
> ", A LIMITED (non-exclusive) right to display that
data is considered to
be
> released by the submitter to
USGenWeb for the purposes of redisplay on
that
> website, and/or data
repository storage of that data, as submitted, and
as
> modified for display on said websites and/or data
repositories."
> I believe the reference to right to display as
"limited" is too vague.
I
> personally believe that any submitter should be able to pull
their data
> when
> they so choose - but if the concensus of the team is to specify a period
of
> data repository storage and/or
display of the data, I believe a time
period
> should be spelled out - 90
days, 365 days, whatever is agreed to.
There are three types of release for copyrighted data, Unlimited, whereas
the recipient can do whatever they want with it, Conditional, whereas
ONLY
specific things in writing may be done, and Limited whereas a
specific
non-defined purpose is intended, such as posting on websites.
These terms are defined by "commonality" with many such agreements, and
the
wording has stood the test of time, and likely court cases as well.
Jeff
Jeffery G. Scism, IBSSG
~~
Coordinator, Churchill Nevada USGenWeb Site
Co-Coordinator, Inmontgo-L, Montgomery County, Indiana, USGenWeb Site
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