In a
discussion with a colleague a couple of weeks ago, I learned about the effort
underway by the Family History Library to scan its books to put them in digital
format. This includes the books held by the various local FamilySearch Centers.
Dick
Eastman has put online a detailed post, in response to a reader query, about
this topic with regards to the benefits of digital access to these books. The articles starts out with:
Warning: This article contains
personal opinions.
I received an email message from a
newsletter reader expressing dismay with the procedure being used to digitize
books at the Family History Library in Salt
Lake City
I suspect this person is not happy
with my reply.
Read the full article.
Do also
read the many comments that have been posted?
Please do
post your thoughts on the NGS FB page or as a comment to this post.
Editors Note: I was personally
interested in the copyright issues with regard to this and so asked some
colleagues (including and not limited to Craig Scott, Heritage Books, and Judy G Russell, The Legal Genealogist) who shared their thoughts and who also talked to those at
FamilySearch and learned the following [caveat – any errors are mine]:
·
Any
book published before 1923 is in the public domain.
·
Any
book published in the United
States
·
Copyright
protection for books published between 1978 and 1989 follows complex rules.
Some books published during these years will be in the public domain; others
will be copyright-protected for 70 years after the death of the author; other
works of corporate authorship will be copyright-protected for the shorter of 95
years from publication or 120 yers from creation.
·
Any
book published in the United
States
·
If
a book is found to be digitized that is under copyright, once notified,
FamilySearch would pull the title from public access.
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