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From: Gladys Friedman Paulin <>
Subject: Re: [APG] Would you give an additional report?
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 10:09:19 -0400
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The applicable language in my standard Letter of Agreement reads:
"I will not use any family information derived from this project in any
published article or book without first obtaining written permission from you,
or your designated agent. If you decide to publish, or cause to be published,
any part of my report, you agree to consult with me first and have me review
and approve the material to be so used."

I like putting my obligation to them first, then their obligation to me.
However, after reading the comments of Kory, John and Natalie, I am wondering
if this is clear enough to indicate that publish also means copying and
distributing?

Gladys
Gladys Friedman Paulin, CGRS
Winter Springs, FL
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CGRS, Certified Genealogical Records Specialist, is a Service Mark of the
Board for Certification of Genealogists and used under license by Board-
certified persons who meet program standards and periodic rigorous
evaluations.




Quoting John W Konvalinka <>:

> Kory wrote (in part):
>
> > The client owns a single copy of the report (unless additional copies are
> > negotiated).... . Those are the protections that copyright gives to the
> > author, and sharing an easily edited and distributed electronic file can
> > do serious harm to those rights.
>
> > Protecting our researchers' copyrights and conclusions is the
> > professional, > ethical, and right thing to do.
>
> I wonder...
> a) how many of us in negotiating a contract make these kinds of terms clear
> to a client, and
> b) how many of our reports include a statement to the effect that the
> delivered copy/copies of the report are for the exclusive use of the client,
> may not be copied, extracted, shared with others, etc. and that the
> copyright is retained by the author.
>
> Might be important things to do if we feel strongly about preserving our
> rights to the report and how it is used and shared.
>
> John Konvalinka, CGRS(sm), CGL(sm)
> www.konvalinka.com
>
> CGRS (Certified Genealogical Records Specialist)
> and CGL (Certified Genealogical Lecturer) are service
> marks of the Board for the Certification of Genealogists
> <http://www.BCGcertification.org>; used under license
> by certified persons after periodic competency evaluations.
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