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From: " Frederick Powell Sr" <>
Subject: [ARKANSAS] Rootsweb; MyFamily
Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2003 19:34:18 -0400


Thought some subscribers might like to read the following statement. Both
author and source are noted. Date omitted due to oversight of this writer.

Fran

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MESSAGE FROM THE ROOTSWEB HOME OFFICE

by Jake Gehring, RootsWeb Executive Producer

Found Rootsweb Review Volume 4 # 28


--- Combining the board hierarchies from GenConnect and
FamilyHistory.com has progressed quite a bit since launch and
is nearing completion. We realize this part of the launch has
caused some problems, so thanks for bearing with us as we get
one structure for all those millions of messages!

Regarding the ownership of messages posted on the boards:
RootsWeb states in its Acceptable Use Policy: "When you post
messages to mailing lists, message boards, and other facilities
at RootsWeb, those posts remain your property under copyright
law."

The Terms & Conditions at Ancestry.com are the same on this
point: "Portions of [Ancestry.com] will contain user provided
content, to which you may contribute appropriate content. For
this content, Ancestry is a distributor only."

And again from the MyFamily.com, Inc. Internet Services
Copyright Policy: "Content which has been contributed to public
area of the MyFamily.com, Inc. sites by users remain the
property of the submitter or the original creator and we are a
licensed distributor of such content." I really hope to resolve
any concerns here by stating that "if you posted it, you own
it." Please feel free to read these legal documents yourselves
for clarification:

RootsWeb.com Acceptable Use Policy
http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/aup.html

Ancestry.com Terms and Conditions
http://www.ancestry.com/legal/terms.htm

MyFamily.com, Inc. Internet Services Copyright Policy
http://www.myfamilyinc.com/about_us/copyright.htm

That's it for this week. Please keep your input and comments
coming so that we can continue to improve the message boards
and make your research easier!







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