Copyright Laws are nothing more than basic commonsense. Copyright is addressed in the
Bylaws. It does state in Article X, Section I that copyright of websites resides solely
with the creator of the web page(s). Which means that no one can use your designs.
Then the first paragraph of the referring page from the link supplied in Section 4 says it
all.
Copyright General Statement
It is vital for genealogists/family historians to understand copyright laws, not
only for the protection
of others' rights, but to ensure that they retain the rights to their own
work.
So yes, I suppose it's you're right not to change it, but ask yourself, does
taking 2 seconds of your time to change one date really worth another "USGenWeb
Bylaws" speech and throwing in some childlike statement about delinking? Especially
when, first it already is a US Federal Law which trumps any Organizational Bylaw. Second
it protects your original material that probably, like the rest of us, took many days to
create. Third no one, not even Sandy should have to remind you about something that is
just plain commonsense when it comes to protection of others' rights & retaining
the rights of your own work.
Chyrl Lawrence-Bulger
Ross County OHGenWeb
ARTICLE X. COPYRIGHT
Section 1. 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.
Section 2. 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.
Section 3. 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.
Section 4. 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<http://www.usgenweb....;.
----- Original Message -----
From: Bremer,Robert<mailto:bremerr@oclc.org>
Sandra Quinn wrote:
Please take the time to update your homepage date to the year 2007.
Reply:
You mentioned this issue previously after your election, but it is also
not a requirement that ever had a discussion and vote on by OHGenWeb
CCs. In 1998 we had a discussion and vote on additional page
requirements beyond what is in the USGenWeb Bylaws and CC guidelines, so
there is past precedent in having OHGenWeb CCs participate in decisions
on additional page requirements rather than having sole decisions made
by the SC.
If displaying the current year is an actual requirement (and one on
which you might consider delinking someone who does not comply), it
ought to go through a vote and be formally recorded as an actual page
requirement which can be found on the OHGenWeb state website.
Robert Bremer
bremerr@oclc.org<mailto:bremerr@oclc.org>
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