If you are talking of census information I believe it is public information
here in the U.K. That is why it can be put up by various ancestry sites.
You can of course distribute it as you desire. There is no copyright on mere
information. Nobody owns truths.
seth
-----Original Message-----
From: powys-bounces(a)rootsweb.com [mailto:powys-bounces@rootsweb.com] On
Behalf Of Steve Williams
Sent: 23 October 2009 20:26
To: powys(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [POWYS] 1911 census
Hello John,
Can you or anyone enlighten us on U.K. copyright law? I would be very
interested to know.
In the U.S., it is not a violation to make a new interpretation from a
public domain document even if the document comes in the form of a
microfilm or digital image that is under copyright. It is the creation of
the image itself that is copyrighted, not the data therein. What this
means, for instance, is that a person can look at a digital image of the
handwritten 1880 US census, extract data from it and distribute it if they
desire. Further, facts cannot be copyrighted in the US.
It would be good to make U.K. copyright law clear so that people will know
when they can help each other in their research and when they cannot.
Perhaps a good web page exists that spells it out clearly. I'm hoping it
isn't all discouraging news!
Best regards,
Steve Williams
IAGenWeb Iowa State Census Project Coordinator.
http://iagenweb.org/census/
IAGenWeb Iowa County Coordinator.
http://iagenweb.org/iowa/
-----Original Message-----
From: powys-bounces(a)rootsweb.com [mailto:powys-bounces@rootsweb.com] On
Behalf Of John Ball
Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 12:52 PM
To: Powys(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [POWYS] 1911 census
Dear Listers,
Powys Listers should be aware that unfortunately, offering lookups on
FindMyPast's 1911 census transcription, especially in a public forum like
this mailing list, almost certainly contravenes the conditions of use of
the FindMyPast facility.
Please do not use this List as a medium to request such lookups.
Kind regards,
John
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GENUKI Breconshire Maintainer:
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/BRE/
----- Original Message -----
From: "Barb doe" <pony_b1(a)yahoo.com>
To: <powys(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 4:34 AM
Subject: [POWYS] 1911 census
i have recently subscribed to the 1911 census and if anyone would like a
look up am willing to help out
Regards
Barb
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