[APG Public List] How does Ancestry.com do this?

[Michael Hait]

I'm pretty sure that Ancestry has a deal with GPC for at least some of their books -- to my knowledge, Ancestry would pay GPC royalties for the rights to use it, which would get back to the author.  At least this is the way that other companies, like World Vital Records, do it.  I can't imagine that GPC would allow recent content to be republished online without charge.  But if the author is concerned, then I would suggest that he or she contact GPC directly.  A few fellow genealogists here in Maryland recently discovered some of their books on GoogleBooks, and requested from GPC that they be pulled, and GPC complied.

Michael


From: Jack Butler 
Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 8:24 PM
To: Craig Kilby 
Cc: APG APG Public 
Subject: Re: [APG Public List] How does Ancestry.com do this?


The simplest way would be through a contract with whoever (author, publisher, etc.) has the requisite rights.

Jack Butler 

  -------- Original Message --------
  Subject: [APG Public List] How does Ancestry.com do this?
  From: Craig Kilby <persisto1 at gmail.com>
  Date: Thu, October 08, 2009 7:56 pm
  To: APG APG Public <apgpubliclist at apgen.org>

  (I first sent this using a different email address which of course 
  bounced back)

  > I have a question I hope some of you can ask. How can ancestry.com 
  > put books that are still under copyright and still for sale from the 
  > publisher (in this case a book copyrighted in 2003 and still for 
  > sale from Genealogical Publishing Company) on their web site free to 
  > subscribers? How does this work? Maybe ESM, as an author published 
  > by the GPC label could explain it for me.
  >
  > Craig Kilby

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