To Jim and Holly;
Thank you for the advice. I really appreciate it.
Lynn
From: "James McCluer" <repa(a)worldnet.att.net>
Reply-To: OHGEN-L(a)rootsweb.com
To: OHGEN-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [OHGW] Re: Question and removal
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 07:36:49 -0600
I like Holly's copyright statement. Since Cenus Records, Wills, Tax
Lists and etc are public information, they cannot be copyrighted. She
is correct about the format of the page being protected.
Example: If I were to extract a single line of census information from
Holly's page and repost it on my personal web page in a different
format, all that would be academically necessary is to post a
bibliographic reference where I found the information. I would not need
to seek permission, although it might be good manners to do so, there is
no legal requirement. There is a risk in doing this though. One is
assuming that Holly's census information is accurate and that assumption
doubt would be up to the recipient to check by reverifying the data.
(Note: Holly's data is always accurate (grin.)
Good genealogy works is not worth much without legitimate bibliographic
references.
Linking to a WebPages is another category. Although it does not occur
much anymore, ISP's sometime limit the amount of traffic to WebPages.
If many unauthorized links were made to the WebPages, the website
manager could find themselves above their maximum allowable usage.
Links are a matter of Internet etiquette more than a legal issue.
They key is not to copy the format, original authored material or the
total content and to use Internet etiquette.
(HTML or other language coding, graphics, data handlers and other
devices controlling, displaying or presenting WebPages falls under the
category of format and cannot be copied without permission)
James W. McCluer
repa(a)worldnet.att.net
-----Original Message-----
From: Holly Timm <hollyft(a)bright.net>
To: OHGEN-L(a)rootsweb.com <OHGEN-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Date: Thursday, January 27, 2000 6:22 AM
Subject: Re: [OHGW] Re: Question and removal
>This is the copyright statement I use to protect both my code and the
>contributor's work:
>
>Copyright Notice: All files on this site are copyrighted by their
creator.
>They may
>be linked to but may not be reproduced on another site without specific
>permission from Holly Timm [hollyft(a)bright.net] and/or their
contributor.
>Although public information is not in and of itself copyrightable, the
>format in
>which they are presented, the notes and comments, etc., are. It is
however,
>quite
>permissable to print or save the files to a personal computer for
personal use
>ONLY.
>
>
>
>At 06:10 AM 1/27/00 -0500, Lynn Connor wrote:
>>
>>This is to the mailing list;
>>
>>I received this note from Rick Allen who wants to remove his sources
from
>>the Lookup page and the census index page as he was upset because his
names
>>were not included in the files that Bernice sent me when I took over
>>Guernsey County. That note and my reply is listed here.
>>I am very sorry to lose his sources, but there isn't much I can do
about it.
>> For the time being, his sources will be removed from the page until
I hear
>>from him. I'm sorry folks, but that is all I can do.
>>
>>Lynn.
>>
>>
>>Rick;
>>
>>I did not remove any surnames, but have used the same files that
Bernice has
>>sent to me. If you have surnames, then please let me know so that I
can
>>post them on the page. Secondly, if you want to be removed from the
lookup
>>page, I will do it. Third, if you would also like me to remove the
census
>>files, I will; but, you have been credited as the person who has
transcribed
>>the data. It is at the very top of the page.
>>USGENWEB is getting very sticky as to copyrite issues. The only
reason I
>>put that memo there was to inform everyone that the page was formatted
by
>>myself and anything posted by myself is my own. I did not
>>claim your transcriptions as my own.
>>I am sorry that you are upset, but I will try to make amends and post
>>your surnames at your request. If you want me to delete the census
and your
>>lookup information, let me know and I will do so.
>>Sincerely,
>>Lynn
>>
>>
>>>From: "rlallen1" <rlallen1(a)ix.netcom.com>
>>>To: <lynn_connor(a)hotmail.com>
>>>Subject: Question and removal
>>>Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 20:15:31 -0600
>>>
>>>Hi
>>>
>>>I do not know what has happen to this page , but I have two things to
say
>>>first I have had names on this page since it was started and every
time
>>>somebody takes over my names are dropped off amd then when they are
added
>>>back people email why I just post names and have not emailed them
They are
>>>thinking that they had the surname post first, since you have removed
me
>>>from surnames list you needed to remove me from the lookup list too,
since
>>>you have that statement at the end of the page that nobody can use
the info
>>>on your page you should remove the cencus list that I provided to
Bernice,
>>>those were for everybody to use and you can not cliam they as your
>>>copyright.
>>>
>>>Rick Allen
>>
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