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From: "Angie Rayfield" <>
Subject: Information on the former GenConnect Boards
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 05:26:15 +0800


I thought this exchange might be of interest to anyone who had posted *anything* on the GenConnect boards at Rootsweb (which is now owned by MyFamily.com). If you haven't visited the boards lately, Rootsweb's GenConnect boards have been merged with the message boards at Ancestry.com and MyFamily.com. There's a number of problems with the new set up, some of which are just technical bugs, but some of which seem to be a bit more troubling. Not the least of which is the copyright issue.

Under Rootsweb's Terms of Service, the message poster owned their own post and retained copyright. This is the response from MyFamily.com concerning the new boards:

Original Message Follows:
| ------------------------
| Ancestry.com contains graphics, information, data, editorial and
other
| content accessible by any Internet user and similar content which is
| accessible only to our subscribing members, (the Content.) Whether
in
| the free section or in the subscription section of the Service, all
| Content is owned and/or copyrighted by MyFamily.com, Inc., its
| subsidiary CamRon, Inc , or third party providers and may be used
only
| in accordance with this limited use license. Ancestry.com is
protected
| by copyright as a collective work and/or compilation, pursuant to
U.S.
| copyright laws, international conventions, and other copyright
laws...
|
|
| I would like clarification on this copyright law.
| Does this mean you think you "own" the postings made to the
| MyFamily.inc sites?
| Thank you,
| Ramona Gayle Bayes Woods
Dear ,
|
| Thank you for your e-mail. Yes we do.
|
| If there is anything else we can assist you with, please let us
know.
|
| #Dave
| Customer Solutions
| MyFamily.com / Ancestry.com
| E-mail:
|
|
| "Connecting and Strengthening Families Through The World Wide Web"
|
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| Ancestry Daily News at www.ancestry.com



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