Genealogy Chat

Hmmm..that gives me a dilema! I don't like the idea of them being able to use all my research and info and was about to delete my tree. On the other hand, I have made contact with quite a few distant relatives on here, simply because they saw a name in my tree. If my tree isn't here, I won't get any more contact! Sam x

'and so waive your moral rights to object to any derogatory treatment.' What is 'derogatory treatment', exactly? I take it we retain legal rights to object to it. Lots of people have living rellies here (with permission) who must still retain all their rights, because they didn't sign up, yet would potentially be affected by any decision GR makes to use the information on our trees.

If that is the case, GR can show our trees to anybody, why bother making people ask permission to view-why don't they just flash them up between adverts!

.........this is the worst bit that I find hard to understand ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ and so waive your moral rights to object to any derogatory treatment. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- to me it sounds as if they can re-write my family history with all kinds of derogatory comments that I have no right to object to or to correct. Tina

Hi, I can see that a forum where people are posting ideas, comments etc; might be of interest to them if you`re indiscreet. However, having your tree with your rellies on this websit does not give carte blanche to anyone else to filch and use that info as they see fit, surely. I don`t think really they could get enough of interest from just trees as such . BUT: I`m certainly going to be careful what info I post re me , my family and my rellies from now on. Sounds like Big Brother is watching and it makes me feel uncomfortable. The site won`t be such fun from now on if we`re all having to watch what we say, just in case. Jay

Yes, I think I may trawl mine and take out all the notes too.

Thanks for that, I think I will keep my family records in a different format then, I'll just put up the names and dates of birth from now on. Tina

It's a standard disclaimer for any forum. If you post on it, and they like what they read, you are giving them (in effect) permission to use what you write. It waives your copyright to it.

Do you read it the same way? Tina

Wow, thats a bit worrying isnt it?

I have just read the new rules and it seems that GR claim rights to all our material.........is that how everyone else sees it? .....so they can sell the GR company to the TV companies and transmit our family trees without our permission, we have no right to appeal on what has been broadcast or they can sell on our tree info to folks paying a fee for their branch of it? They can write a book without acknowledging that it is our work? Is that how anyone else reads it? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- here's the GR rules info: - By submitting any material to the content to the Genes Reunited Service, you: grant us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, non-terminable licence to copy, modify, distribute, show in public and create derivative works from that material in any form, anywhere; and authorise us to adapt the relevant material in the course of doing so, and so waive your moral rights to object to any derogatory treatment, or to be identified as the author, of the material in question. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I am wondering about how much info to put in my tree now. What does anyone think? Tina

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