tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post4896798610137829222..comments2024-03-21T19:08:05.737-07:00Comments on Genealogy's Star: Can I obtain a copyright of a copy of an old document?James Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989059644120454647noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-77814120510574831922010-12-24T20:38:48.356-07:002010-12-24T20:38:48.356-07:00Am I Understanding that I the Original ancester c...Am I Understanding that I the Original ancester can claim ownership of my family's ancestery that has been posted by someone claiming to or posting that is not a relation has no rights to my direct family line under any geneology sight. How and were do I go to get ownership rights to my family Heritage.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-20459346409306738202010-10-26T17:16:19.470-07:002010-10-26T17:16:19.470-07:00I agree again - the large genealogy company can bu...I agree again - the large genealogy company can but should not assert copyright for a public domain document - they have patents on the processes of delivery of the public domain document but cannot assert ownership of the original in any respect - and only might be able to assert that their metadata masked onto the document is copyrightable. I am more of the opinion that a PD document belongs to the public and not to any government or business institution - after all if our 'ancestors' hadn't have existed in the first place then the 'document' listing them wouldn't have been created in the first place. It's the old chicken and the egg argument all over again - but I say the egg (the original ancestor) has more claim of 'ownership' to the document than anybody else.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-24392198687935632702010-08-15T14:52:56.950-07:002010-08-15T14:52:56.950-07:00Very interesting post. Looking forward to hearing...Very interesting post. Looking forward to hearing more.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10711776825293238093noreply@blogger.com