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Little Lost | Report | 12 Nov 2006 10:40 |
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I am on a few mailing lists and one of them has just mentioned that somebody on this site had copied somebodys research and they are now dealing with it as it is copyright. |
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Heather | Report | 12 Nov 2006 10:46 |
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That's interesting, which mailing list is it on? |
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Sylvia Ross | Report | 12 Nov 2006 10:47 |
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That's very naughty of them...... |
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Little Lost | Report | 12 Nov 2006 11:37 |
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it happens on here all the time though with people pinching each otheres research data. |
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Guinevere | Report | 12 Nov 2006 11:38 |
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You cannot claim copyright on information that is in the public domain - only on the format of such information. Gwynne |
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Little Lost | Report | 12 Nov 2006 11:39 |
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apparently it has been copied word for word from their website onto a tree on here. |
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Guinevere | Report | 12 Nov 2006 11:42 |
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If they have only copied the names and dates from the site into a different format on here then that's legal, even if unethical. Gwynne |
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