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I have received an email from Genes Reunited telling me the following.

"A message you posted on the Genes Reunited message boards has been reported to us and, as it is not in keeping with either our T&Cs or Terms of Use. It will not be reinstated"

The whole thread has been removed so I presume that I should not have posted a thread offering look up's for the 1911 census.
If anyone requested a look up and didnt get to see if I had replied, please contact me via private message and I shall find the info again.


Christine

Is GR now linked to FMP ?

Wonder when they would start removing threads

I wonder if it is just the 1911 census or all of them?

I suppose the next thing will be the removal of members threads asking for any census or bmd look up.

Soon they wont be able to find anything on here without paying up front.

christine@knowyourforefathers

I expect they are thinking they losing out cos people wont upgrade to platinum if the info can be found for free by other subs

Did they mention which part of the T & C you broke?

No just the following.

"A message you posted on the Genes Reunited message boards has been reported to us and, as it is not in keeping with either our T&Cs or Terms of Use. It will not be reinstated"

Now I understand that to be " a Message that I posted on my THREAD was reported.
So has someone reported a posting of mine on the thread. The only postings that I made were what I had found for members, and i think there were two saying sorry that I could not find the person they were looking for.

Or the whole thread has been reported.

Oh well, I just wished I could have helped more folks.

Just click on my name if you want any help.

shame on the person who reported your thread you were doing a great service to all of us

tracy

I suspect nobody reported it - more likely they are monitoring the boards for threads like this. I have seen one this morning where a member requested a lookup and that thread has been deleted.

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards.asp?wci=thread&tk=1235940

So if we do 1911 lookups might be wise to advise people to save the info straight away.
Jan

Just a couple of Find my Past Terms and Conditions.


•You can only use the Services and the Records for your PERSONAL family history research and not for commercial purposes, or to provide lookups for others


3.7 You may only use the Website, the Services, the Records and any information you obtain through all or any of these (together the "Resources") for your personal family research. If you wish to use all or any of the Resources for professional, business or commercial purposes, or to provide lookups to others, you must set up a Corporate Account with Us. If you use all or any of the Resources for professional purposes or otherwise in contravention of these Terms & Conditions, We reserve Our right to charge you retrospectively for the use of the Services at Our standard rate of 12 pence per Credit.

Its all about money im afraid....Its a shame really.. x

Funny you should say this....

I too have had a thread going since may with over 1200 posts on it guess what???

5.34 this morning I had an email from genes

Dear jax, A message you posted on the Genes Reunited message boards has been reported to us and, as it is not in keeping with either our T&Cs or Terms of Use. It will not be reinstated.

Oh well there you go


jax

It's a pity someone did not report the mishmash that was on TTF early evening yesterday, some of which is still there again today.
I despair, I really do, but then, no-one will take notice of me
Julia in Derbyshire

So if we are not allowed to help people why have they put that sticky on TTF??

jax

Perhaps Genes Reunited staff may put wording such as can be found in the rootschat site:
http://www.rootschat.com/help/posting_guide.php

Do not publish copyrighted material on RootsChat.
Just because you "found it on the Internet", or you have "bought the book/CD/DVD/...", etc, does not mean that you can re-publish it elsewhere. Please examine closely any "Conditions", "Agreements" and/or "Terms of Use" before posting such material.
For further guidance, click on the [Copyright] link at the bottom of every RootsChat page.

Do not ask for look-ups from commercial sources.
Most commercial sources have strict 'Terms of Use', which forbid publishing their data elsewhere, so asking for such look-ups is also asking people to ignore the 'Terms of Use'.

I think in a funny kind of roundabout way GR are trying to protect us *helpers* by no longer allowing threads dedicated to doing look ups.

They know that the managers/owners of other sites look at these boards and they also know that it is against those sites rules for people to do multiple look ups (unless the person has paid for professional usage of that site). There have been reports on here in the past about some people having their access to a site restricted and being investigated because they were doing so many look ups.

Individuals asking for a look up won't be affected I'm sure (hope?), so we can probably all carry on helping those asking for a look up on their own thread - for now anyway :-))

Mary

Everyone who C&P from Ancestry has always been subjected to this condition unless its for personal or professional use only ,c&p saw a hugh rise in Ancestry subs over the last 2 years.

Perhaps a way round it from here and FMP is not to c&p the transcript just details from the transcript a longer process but at least its only putting whats beens found.

Rootschat do not allow any c&p from subcription sites just written found details.

I'ts fair enough I suppose, but whats the difference when someone starts their own thread asking for a look up and half a dozen people reply??

So thats 6 or more people searching for the same thing when one person could have done it

jax

Thanks for that Joy.
Mary you could be right.

I am now wondering if and when Genes Reunited ceases to exit as we know it, will its Staff members continue to be employed???

Jax.........(I think) other site owners are probably less likely to look at each individual thread and take note of everyone who posts a look up in reply - but they will notice the name of someone offering a look up thread.

Then they may well find that their access to that particular site is restricted or even terminated as against their T&C's.

Mary