I am forwarding this message received from Mike Goad as a good reference
regarding genealogy and copyright issues.
-Mike
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Subject: Copyright Fundamentals for Genealogy, Washington
Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2003 00:31:37 -0500
From: "Mike Goad" <mikegoad(a)stellar-one.com>
To: <sweeney2(a)wolfenet.com>
Mike,
What I am doing is offering free reprint rights and re-distribution rights
for an article I've written. Please take a look at it and, if you think it
has value, let your county coordinators know about it.
(The following text was what I started sending out to the individual county
coordinators.)
Often, in genealogy, questions related to copyright arise. For several
years, I've had a website where I tried to answer many of those questions
and I've actively participated in the discussions on the copyright-l mailing
list at RootsWeb. More recently, I've been writing articles based on what
I've learned about copyright, which I am also posting online. My most
recent article is intended to apply some basics of copyright to genealogy
related issues.
"Copyright Fundamentals for Genealogy," was specifically written to grant
free reprint and redistribution rights. It is located at:
http://www.stellar-one.com/copyright_concepts/fundamentals_gene.htm
Please feel free to use the article for any genealogy related use, such as:
- your own website (with its look and feel),
- email to others,
- genealogy or historical society newsletter,
- as a free handout at libraries
The only restrictions that I have for its use is that its text is not edited
or altered and, if used in a website, that a link is provided back to my
copyright website.
Thanks
Mike Goad
http://stellar-one.com
P.S. The reason that I put your state in the subject was so that I could
keep track of who I've sent messages to.