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From: "Ken Forbes" <>
Subject: Re: [Fwd: Broderbund WFT Copyright infringement and Privacy act violation]
Date: Sun, 1 Mar 1998 14:16:11 -0800


I can see that the rabid element of genealogy has risen it's ugly head!

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From: <>
To: Luzerne Co. Website <>
Date: Sunday, March 01, 1998 8:21 AM
Subject: [Fwd: Broderbund WFT Copyright infringement and Privacy act
violation]

>In my opinion, it is a shame that people like Mr. Forbes exist in the
>world of genealogy.
>
>I don't have any problem with him publishing his research and selling it
>to recoup his investment. But I DO have a problem with him declaring his
>research off limits to amateur genealogist methods which treat his work
>as a resource. No one owns the past, and simple math shows how many
>people have a right to a given past as each step is taken back through
>the generations.
>
>I have difficulty seeing the rights that the companies such as
>Broderbund express when they solicit my work for their profit. But,
>while I won't submit my effort to them, I can see why others might,
>feeling that, by doing so, they expand the universe that they are
>searching. And I see very little possibility for the individual
>submitting to make any profit off that submission, the 10 dollar
>enticement to submit not even paying for a CD from Broderbund.
>
>When Mr. Forbes intrudes on the world of the genealogical message boards
>and uses the people therein to further his revenge, I don't see a just
>cause, I see pettiness and a complete ignorance of what we are about.
>
>I apologize for mouthing off - I don't very often - but this type of
>nonsense can only lead to the time when I won't even be able to research
>my ancestors because no one will give data without fear of censure.
>
>H.R.Stevens...
>

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