Copyright

Copyright Notice

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What is Copyrightable

• Form, fit, and function of individual Web pages.

What is Not Copyrightable

• Census data
• Dates of birth, marriage, and death, along with the names are ordinarily not copyrightable.
• Public information is not copyrightable, however, a compilation of that information can be copyrighted.
• Public records
• Tombstone information - wording found on a tombstone itself cannot be copyrighted.
• It is a "legal fact" that "facts" are not copyrightable, although their arrangement in a manner other than alphabetical may be copyrightable. "Facts" are not copyrightable - that is, they are unprotectable elements - and the bulk of genealogical data is factual vital-statistics data that reside in the public domain from the beginning. They are not taken out of the public domain by being included in a copyrighted work.

Public Domain Materials

• Public Domain Materials - Materials where Copyright Protection has Expired.
• Public domain material includes but is not limited to the following:
• • Material where the copyright has expired.
  • All public records
  • Materials published using public funds cannot be copyrighted.
  • Works consisting entirely of information that is common property containing no original material, and lists or tables taken from public documents or other common sources.