[muawiyah]

We have published three books concerning very detailed genealogical records. They are protected by copyright. Our commentary and conclusions about various relationships are ours, yet folks will copy this stuff out of our books onto the Mormon forms, file them with the appropriate church authorities, and away that material goes into the archives to be published and distributed all over the world.

It's not likely I will bring suit against the Mormons for doing this. First off, they have a lot more money; secondly, they have lawyers who can win every single time; thirdly, I actually support them in this effort.

In fact, I would be first in line to protest any law that allowed a copyright owner to trash someone's computer because he thought they'd violated his copyrights!

Hey, that's what we have the Second Amendment for anyway ~ to obtain redress of grievance when the government is on the side of tyranny.

[tracer]

From what you wrote about family history, etc., you might well be able to get Orrin to amend his legislation to exempt you.... 8~)

[Arkinsaw]

We have published three books concerning very detailed genealogical records. They are protected by copyright. Our commentary and conclusions about various relationships are ours, yet folks will copy this stuff out of our books onto the Mormon forms, file them with the appropriate church authorities, and away that material goes into the archives to be published and distributed all over the world.

I am in complete support of your rights over your conclusions, your commentary, and your presentation. But it does irk me to no end to see a photostatic copy of a page out of the census records with a copyright notice on the bottom of it. Just because someone photocopies a page off of the 1860 census they think they have a copyright on it.