Yes, theft from websites is common practice from companies that have no morals.
According to the copyright law, the minute you create your website, your
material is copyrighted. It would be great to see these companies get sued for
breach of copyright law, but they know that most of us don't have the money to
hire a lawyer and go through the entire process.
You might want to consider placing a large watermark over your image online that
would discourage those companies or others from wanting to use your material.
Genealogy is very important and credit should be given to those who take the
time and money to do the intense research necessary to find the material.
Kudos to all of you!
Karen Needles
Director
Lincoln Archives Digital Project
http://www.lincolnarchives.us
On March 15, 2012 at 2:18 PM Linda Threadgill <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Eric,
> I dismantled my website last year because of people taking my info and
> photos and uploading them to their family tree on Ancestry without my
> permission. The site had been up since 1996. I succeeded in getting my
> photos removed from one person's family tree, but not from others. I think
> this was because I was able to prove to Ancestry that the photos were mine
> and my site was copyrighted.
>
> I am willing to bet similar things are happening to others. Back in the
> 1990s there were limited ways of reaching out to others who were doing
> online research. I think people are now realizing that having personal
> family information online is not the safest approach. Too much identity
> theft, etc happening now.
> Linda
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Huffstutler, Eric S.
> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 7:43 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [VA-HIST] Genealgy Future
>
> I kind of brought this up a while back and now experiencing the same
> problem but even more so and want people's input.
>
> I have been doing online research for my family since 1986. I even was
> host to emails during the old BBS days and web host to a couple of
> Rootsweb GenWeb counties.
>
> Now the old RAOGK website is dead and a generic form started on Facebook
> that doesn't have the same impact or offerings as in the past for out of
> state volunteer lookups.
>
> I am finding that more and more old established genealogy websites have
> become outdated (I just ran across one that shows its last update was in
> 2004!). Various surname and county lists and forums are rarely visited
> or posted to. I looked at Burke County, GA list on Genealogy.com and
> saw a post I made nearly 9-years ago only half way down the first page.
> Links are no longer working, volunteer email addresses have changed, and
> there just doesn't seem to be any substitute sites. In other words
> trying to do research online as in years past is almost futile.
>
> Has the hobby become out of favor to a point of no longer supporting
> these once valuable information sharing sites? Outside of paying
> through the nose to subscribe to Ancestry which in itself is now
> becoming outdated as no new Family Trees seem to be posted-uploaded, are
> there other online options for help when one can not travel?
>
> Eric
>
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