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From: "Hilary" <>
Subject: Re: [WarBrides] War Brides Search Facility Closed
Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 14:42:27 -0000
References: <00f201c6436b$db7be790$0301a8c0@Graeme>


Dear Debbie,

Really sorry to hear what happened and very angry to!!!

I believe we all know how hard you work at this wonderful
Website...truthfully we have no idea actually, speaking purely for myself,
WarBrides is there for us to use, and what a pleasure it has given me and
many many others, then you get this person ....

Keep your chin up as we are one hundred % with you on this, eh girls?

Best Wishes,

Hilary
----- Original Message -----
From: "D Beavis" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 11:23 AM
Subject: [WarBrides] War Brides Search Facility Closed


> Thanks to one of our subscribers, I have today been informed that someone
> (who does not seem to be a subscriber to this list) has managed to access
my
> warbrides site at www.warbrides.co.uk and download a very large number of
> names.
>
> In reality, it only represents a small proportion of the names (at the
> moment somewhere approaching 80,000 and growing) but if they really have
> succeeded in downloading 10,000 names as they say they have, then that is
a
> very significant number.
>
> Many of you will know how many years I have been working, and at what huge
> expense, to bring this information online and to make the indexes freely
> available. I know - because I am told so frequently - what a huge delight
it
> is when a warbride finds their name and ship on the index.
>
> Sadly, however, due to the actions of this individual, I have had to
suspend
> the search engine until further notice. The site represents a huge part of
> my life, and the small charge I make for those wishing to obtain further
> information from my database is there only to go towards making up for the
> many thousands of pounds it cost me to obtain the information in the first
> place. This person has now informed our warbrides subscriber that (having
> now stolen my work) they plan to make it available on their own website.
> They apparently believe that placing a link to my warbrides website will
> somehow compensate me for the theft of my work. I'm afraid they are wrong.
> Theft is theft, whether it be a motor car from a carpark, a box of eggs
from
> the supermarket, or the information painstakingly transcribed onto a
> database, and stolen from the internet. International Copyright laws
provide
> me with the legal backing to stop this individual from publishing my work
> and that is the route I shall take if I don't get assurances from them
that
> convinces me that they had no idea that what they were doing was wrong.
The
> days of internet theft of copyrighted works are over, so this person will,
I
> hope, contact me to apologise and to give their assurances.
>
> Sadly however, the search facility must be suspended. The site is still
> there, but the search engine has been disabled. This action was hastily
done
> this morning - those of you who know me personally will know that we are
> moving house tomorrow and I shall not have the use of my computer for a
few
> days. Meanwhile I shall be considering what to do about the site - whether
> to pull it completely, whether to leave it but remove all search
facilities,
> or whether to require users to register in order to search.
>
> I find it very sad that someone (who should, incidentally, know better)
> finds it acceptable to steal someone else's work, and that it has given me
> no option but to remove the search facility. I am sure you will all
> understand that I had no choice in the matter. I am angry, and very upset
> and would be glad of your support!
>
> Regards
>
> Debbie Beavis
> www.warbrides.co.uk
>
>
>
>
>
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