Ever since the U.S. signed the Berne Convention and
enacted supporting legislation
in 1988, copyright notices and registration are no longer required to
receive copyright protection. In most cases, no copyright notices appear
on this site. However, copyright protection still subsists for this site.
This site contains images and data that are afforded copyright protection
as indicated by the preceeding paragraph.
In general, the images and data which are indicated as belonging
to a "Collection"
are afforded copyright protection to the person associated with that
collection. If you desire to copy or use any
images or data that are associated
with a "Collection" please
get permission from the proper person as
indicated in the Contributers and Researchers
page. If you are unable to contact that person or if no such person is
listed, or if the images or data are not associated with a "Collection",
please contact me,
[email protected], and if it is
within my power I will
most likely grant permission for non-commercial purposes.
Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the
fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies
or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes
such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple
copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of
copyright. In determining whether the use made of a work in any particular
case is a fair use the factors to be considered shall include-
(1) the purpose and character of the use, including
whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational
purposes;
(2) the nature of the copyrighted work;
(3) the amount and substantiality of the portion used
in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and
(4) the effect of the use upon the potential market for
or value of the copyrighted work.
The fact that a work is unpublished shall not itself bar
a finding of fair use if such finding is made upon consideration of all the
above factors.
About PhotoWebMaker
PhotoWebMaker is a not-quite-ready-for-prime-time program
that has been a spare time project of mine since the fall of 1997.
Originally it was created simply as a means to organize, preserve, and share
family pictures amongst the McGee family. This program might provide an
easy way to hyperlink and map photographs and other items through a number of
individuals in a gedcom file. There are a number of problems with the output
of PhotoWebMaker, but I thought that the site might be useful in spite of
all the shortcomings.