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From: "Myra V Gormley" <>
Subject: Re: [Ethics] sharing information
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 14:33:45 -0700
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If you do not wish to share your work, that is certainly your business, but
then you should not be "using" anyone else's either -- for any purpose.
There seems to be a *MINE* entitlement attitude among many today regarding
the sharing of uncopyrightable data that I find annoying.

It is too bad, because some of my biggest break-throughs over the years
have come from cousins of cousins who had just the bit of information
and/or clues I needed and vice versa, and we shared information this way.
So many of our families intertwine it is foolish to think our ancestors had
only connections with people of the same surname.

I have had some of my copyrighted narrative "lifted" and published without
my permission, but I wrote privately to the guilty party and asked them to
remove it immediately. They did. They "took" my uncopyrightable facts also,
but that does not bother me. I put the genealogy "facts" out there to be
shared in hopes that others would have information, connections or clues I
do not.

The only way to be sure that no one else has your toys, I mean your GEDCOM,
is not to share it with anyone. Put it in the vault.

--Myra




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