Re: Apologies from GenealogyNewsgroups.com

John,

Lets not start a debate over copyright again but that is what is being
breached here. That site was using the posts for commercial gain and I
amongst others don't post here for every tom dick and Harry to make money
out of it. Unfortunately public domain means nothing where copyright is
concerned

Rob
"John" <john78@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Rob" <madbadrob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> The only archives I want my posts in are the google archives of this
>> newsgroup and the archives of rootsweb.
>
> This is crackin me up...there are a lot more websites offering online
> access to this group than Google, Deja, roots and Genealogy Newsgroups.
> Does Google need your permission to post your messages? :) I don't think
> so.
>
> I've been in this industry for a long time. All these newsgroups are
> public domain. No one "ownes" public newsgroups. It doesn't matter if
> you post from roots web, google, outlook express or this Genealogy
> Newsgroups website. If you don't want your messages posted accross the
> world then go to a private forum or don't post on usenet period.
>
> If you don't know what usenet is try:
> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&oi=defmore&defl=en&q=define:USENET
>
>
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