LDS film - "Warning"

Natalie,

I once xeroxed a whole film at our FHC because it was so hard to read, even with a magnifying glass. I thought I could just read it better at home using a magnifying glass, and I was able to do that. I wanted that film so bad that I didn't blink at the $60.00 cost to copy it. I later did index it for myself to make it easier down the line to search for things in it. I would never sell it, only do look-ups for my relatives.

Shortly after I xeroxed it, the director of the FHC put up a sign stating that if anyone xeroxed a whole film, they would lose their library privileges. I guess when she was reviewing the records of money taken in, she noticed the $60.00 tab and asked her assistants about it. There was no mention of possible prosecution, etc. That would only happen if someone subversively copied it and sold it for their own profit.

I later asked the director why we couldn't copy a whole film to keep at home, and she mentioned the contracts with the legal owners of the original records. She said the FHCs did not want to be told later that they could no longer microfilm records if someone had copied and sold the records. She herself has extracted for her records most of the films she uses; she sits in front of the reader and enters information onto her laptop, so there is not restriction on extracting portions. She also ordered a reader that magnifies the films 60X and now I can read them all easily.

Emilie Garcia
Port Orchard, WA ----
----- Original Message -----
From: nc_coleman
To: general@lists.nuestrosranchos.org
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 6:51 AM
Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] LDS film - "Warning"

I am hoping the subject line is NOT alarming - I just wasn't quite sure how title my query.
Anyway ... I was @ my local FHC on Tues./Jan 9 to view a film I had ordered before the holidays.
On the box was a sticker message that I don't recall ever seeing before (see below):
"WARNING!
By contract between the Genealogical Society of Utah (GSU) and the owner(s) of some or all of the included records, this microfilm may not be
SOLD, DUPLICATED, EXTRACTED, or INDEXED
except under limited circumstances.
For further information contact FAMILY HISTORY CENTER SUPPORT, SLC, Utah
VIOLATION OF SUCH RESTRICTION(S) MAY RESULT IN CIVIL OR CRIMINAL LIABILITY!"

Note: I looked at some of the other film boxes in the drawers, and not all of them had this notice.
So - does anyone know about this "Warning"? I did not make an inquiry about this while at the FHC.

Thanks for any enlightenment you can provide.

Natalie in Virginia
Researching: CASTRO, GARCIA, DUENAS, DURAN, and others in the Valparaiso District, Sain Alto, and Sombrerete of ZACATECAS

I've seen messages similar if not exactly as you describe and its my
understanding that the LDS church has some kind of agreement with the
party that supplied the records on the microfilms. Not all agreements
are exactly the same (I could be wrong about this part). So that might
explain why some have the warning and others don't.

Maybe some of the others can comment as I'm not 100% I'm right about this.

joseph

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Joseph Puentes
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nc_coleman wrote:
> I am hoping the subject line is NOT alarming - I just wasn't quite sure how title my query.
> Anyway ... I was @ my local FHC on Tues./Jan 9 to view a film I had ordered before the holidays.
> On the box was a sticker message that I don't recall ever seeing before (see below):
> "WARNING!
> By contract between the Genealogical Society of Utah (GSU) and the owner(s) of some or all of the included records, this microfilm may not be
> SOLD, DUPLICATED, EXTRACTED, or INDEXED
> except under limited circumstances.
> For further information contact FAMILY HISTORY CENTER SUPPORT, SLC, Utah
> VIOLATION OF SUCH RESTRICTION(S) MAY RESULT IN CIVIL OR CRIMINAL LIABILITY!"
>
> Note: I looked at some of the other film boxes in the drawers, and not all of them had this notice.
> So - does anyone know about this "Warning"? I did not make an inquiry about this while at the FHC.
>
> Thanks for any enlightenment you can provide.
>
> Natalie in Virginia
> Researching: CASTRO, GARCIA, DUENAS, DURAN, and others in the Valparaiso District, Sain Alto, and Sombrerete of ZACATECAS