After what I call “the late controversy,” I’m gradually getting back to genealogy. But given the reaction to the recent series, I’ve decided that every now and then, GeneaBlogie will feature copyright and other legal matters that I hope will benefit the community. I ‘m thinking we’ll even have some interviews with leading experts in the field. The idea is to keep us up to date on developments that affect us as Web publishers. How about it?
Tags: Legal Stuff
September 15th, 2007 at 10:15 pm
Craig,
Your idea is great!!!
Janice
September 15th, 2007 at 11:19 pm
WONDERFUL IDEA !
I vote YES…
There is a great need for factual informtion regarding copyright as it pertains to the web. Thank you for helping many of us understand this complicated (at least in my brain) aspect of law.
September 16th, 2007 at 12:18 am
Craig, I think this is a wonderful idea! I really enjoyed your posts on this topic so far; they were informative and–especially for our community–pertinent.
September 16th, 2007 at 1:01 am
I’m always interested in learning more about copyright law and would appreciate any insight you could provide.
As informative as those articles have been, I enjoy the stories of your family much more.
September 16th, 2007 at 3:57 am
Definitely! Your series was both useful and enlightening.
September 16th, 2007 at 6:36 am
I’m not a Web publisher, but I think it’s a great idea.
Joy
September 18th, 2007 at 3:44 am
Some (selfish) suggestions:
What are the guiding principles as to whether a compilation of facts is copyrightable? How often is a straight-forward transcription copyrightable? What were the important cases in these issues?
Is it true that you can’t copyright a scan or photo of a two-dimensional work?
I sometimes get the impression that people are mistaken about what sorts of things are copyrightable.
September 18th, 2007 at 2:59 pm
Excellent suggestions, Lindsay! We’ll take them up at some point soon.