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Below is the USGenWeb bylaw covering copyright located at http://www.usgenweb.org/official/bylaws.html  as of 25 June 2000.  This bylaw is completely consistent with the intents of this webmaster.

ARTICLE X. COPYRIGHT

Section 1. In The USGenWeb Project, copyright of websites resides solely with the creator of the web page(s). Their inclusion as part of The USGenWeb Project does not give any irrevocable right, implied or otherwise, to The USGenWeb Project to permanently use the material.

Section 2. In The USGenWeb Project, copyright to queries and any other data submitted to any state or local websites resides with the submitter. The submission of queries and other data to The USGenWeb Project implies that The USGenWeb Project may continue to post the material until/if such time the submitter requests removal.

Section 3. In The USGenWeb Project, copyright to data contributed to any special projects resides with the contributor, who agrees that The USGenWeb Project, as a not-for-profit group, has permanent use of the data. The permanent use agreement is conditional upon the non-profit nature of The USGenWeb Project and will become null and void if The USGenWeb Project should ever cease to be non-profit.

Section 4. All members of The USGenWeb Project shall be responsible for adhering to The USGenWeb Project's Official Copyright Policy which may be found, along with further information about copyright, at The USGenWeb Project national website, http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.html.

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All digitized records on this web site are Copyright ©2000 to the submitter, or to Dr. Frank Oliver Clark, as stated. These documents may be freely used for private purposes, and included in your own genealogy. However, these records are copyrighted under U.S. Copyright Law, and may not be sold, nor given to anyone who may attempt to derive profit or monetary gain from same.  This statement is to be construed that a private individual may incorporate these records in their own genealogy and then sell that same genealogy in a reasonable attempt to recover some of the costs of publication, after obtaining permission from the submitter.  It is the commercial profit from our labors that we hereby forbid under Copyright Law.


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