Sunday, December 26, 2010  Who owns your genealogy? and other
misconceptions  Does anyone own information? Can I copyright my
genealogy? If I post my genealogy online, who owns it? These and
many other similar questions seem to float around in the
genealogical community. In answering these kinds of questions it
is important to realize that we are not talking about the
ownership of physical property, such as land or an automobile,
but of intellectual property such as artistic creations,
inventions, writings and such. Any who has ever purchased a home
will recognize that ownership is a complicated business.
Intellectual property ownership is even more complicated in some
ways, due to the transitory nature of the property rights and
the property itself.  Here is a summary of Intellectual Property
from Wikipedia: in some jurisdictions. Copyright is a statutory
right which means that the right is created by a statute passed
by a governing authority, usually the national government.
Generally, works consisting enti