Copyright
& Information Statement
Information
Statement
The
GenWeb Project, such as the IDGenWeb, are consist of volunteers working
together to provide Internet websites for genealogical research in every
county in the state. The Project is non--commercial and all work is done
on a volunteer basis.
The transcription project, whether on the county or state level, are
completely funded by the individuals involved in the project. Some of
these websites often include "extras", that have been
transcribed and made available by volunteers. Keep in mind that many of
the county coordinators and transcribers do not live in the county or
state and do not have access to these resources made available on a
local or state level.
Those
kind of resources can be made available if the state or county coordinator
have other patrons who might live in the area of interests. If these
volunteers are not available, then inquiry to the state or county
coordinator of any local lookup volunteer is available in their state or
county.
Copyright
Statement
Some
general information about United States Copyright law, census records,
and how it affects what information is available on GenWeb Projects.
There
is also information on copyright for genealogy by Michael Goad.
Copyright
Fundamentals for Genealogy
Copyright
Works
published before 1904 are in the public domain
(out-of-copyright/copyright expired), that is, they are no longer
protected by a copyright.
For
works published in the years 1904 through 1963, a copyright expiration
75 years after the copyright date is assumed. This is done because of
numerous changes to the copyright laws, the lengthy search required
through US Copyright Office records to determine whether a copyright
renewal was submitted, and the search required to determine the
ownership of a copyright, all of which are beyond the scope of GenWeb
Project county coordinators can do.
For
works published in the years 1964 through 1977, a copyright lasts for 75
years from date of publication.
Generally,
for works created on or after January 1, 1978, a copyright lasts for
seventy years beyond the life of the work's author, after which it
lapses into public domain. If the work is prepared by two or more
authors (a "joint work"), its copyright lasts for seventy
years after the last surviving author dies. For works made for hire, and
for anonymous and pseudonymous works (unless the author's identity is
revealed in Copyright Office records), the duration of copyright will be
95 years from first publication or 120 years from creation, whichever is
shorter. Works in existence but not published or registered for
copyright on January 1, 1978 are also given this same protection, and
are guaranteed at least 25 years of protection.
To
all visitors to our IDGenWeb Projects: Please
be aware that the information contained on any state or county level
sties, including webpage design, databases and images, belongs to the
submitter, unless otherwise noted. It may be freely copied for your
personal use. "Borrowing" design, databases or images without
first receiving permission for use on another website can be considered
copyright infringement, as well as discourteous. If you find something
of value on these pages that you want to use, please LINK to
the page, do not copy it and put it on your own site. We would like to
think we are generous folks, so if you find something you would like to
use, please contact the submitter of the information or the County
Coordinator for that county.
Please
check the USGenWeb
Project Copyright Information page
for more information.
Publications
Availability Online
- Local histories or other published works copyrighted before 1924.
Note that these books are not always readily available to county
coordinators for conversion into online books. Most genealogy
libraries do not circulate these books, and if they are available at
a library, the library may restrict the copying of the book because
of the fragile nature of the book.
- Published and Unpublished works copyrighted after 1923, where the
author or publisher has given written permission to the GenWeb
Projects allowing display of the work.
- Government records that are not copyrighted (a publication
gathered or written with government funds) which have been
transcribed by individuals and donated to the GenWeb Projects.
- Census records which have been transcribed by an individual and
donated to the GenWeb Projects. Census record microfilm records,
whether they are Soundex indexes, or actual census records are all
handwritten and must be transcribed by people into a format that can
be displayed.
- Transcriptions of cemeteries, court and land records written by
individuals can be donated to the GenWeb Projects. If such material
was previously published with a copyright, the data can be donated
by the author with a WRITTEN copyright release to the GenWeb
Projects. Contact the IDGenWeb County Coordinator or State
Coordinator for more information.
Publications
Unavailable Online
- Census records recorded after 1930. United States law prohibits
the release of this information until at least 72 years after the
information was gathered.
- Birth and death certificates starting about 1904 must be obtained
from the Idaho Heath and Human Services System. Marriage
certificates are available from that same source starting about
1909. Copies of marriage records can also be obtained from the
appropriate county courthouse. County officials in each County
determine the availability of the records under their control.
- The GenWeb Projects does not provide online genealogy files (GEDCOM's),
but links may be given to such records.
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