[Opengenalliance] Mormon church’s FamilySearch joins forces with Ancestry.com

[Ben Laurie]

On 6 September 2013 18:12, Ben Laurie <ben at links.org> wrote:

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> On 6 September 2013 13:06, Javier Ruiz <javier at openrightsgroup.org> wrote:
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>> The deal seems to be that ancestry will scan the microfilms from FS. FS
>> will then make these available for free.
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> Where is this stated? I haven't seen any such commitment.
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>> The challenge is to make them accessible for transcription ideally under
>> an open license. Maybe too optimistic?
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> It would seem consistent with FS' mission, and utterly inconsistent with
> Ancestry's. I'm prepared to bet that money will win.
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BTW, you can see how its going to be on FS already, e.g.:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XXV5-9NM - free transcription of a
record

http://www.fold3.com/document.php?doc=10015978&xid=215&p=ma - for pay image
of the record


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>> Javier Ruiz
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>> On Friday, 6 September 2013 at 10:52, Ben Laurie wrote:
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>> On 6 September 2013 09:28, Javier Ruiz <javier at openrightsgroup.org>wrote:
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>> It is not spelt out,  but it seems they will give free access via family
>> search and integrate it in Ancestry.com?
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>> This is good,  now the next step is letting other people transcribe the
>> digitised materials.
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>> Why is this good? Clearly it will leave all of these resources behind a
>> paywall.
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>>  In the USA the scanned copies will be public domain,  but here they may
>> need to license transcription.
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>> Todd,  I think this is a great chance. I will let others chip in.
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>> Nick Barratt had been in touch with the lds here for a while. Nick,  what
>> do you think?
>> On 6 Sep 2013 04:41, "todd.d.robbins at gmail.com" <todd.d.robbins at gmail.com>
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>> Two of the world’s largest family history research organizations are
>> joining forces in an effort they say will bring 1 billion historical
>> records online.
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>> The LDS Church-operated FamilySearch International and the Utah-based
>> company Ancestry.com announced a deal Thursday in which they will
>> collaborate to bring online the church’s vast worldwide collections of
>> family-history records.
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>> Ancestry.com CEO Tim Sullivan said while details need to be worked out,
>> his company planned to pour more than $60 million into the effort over the
>> next five years.
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>> *Source:
>> http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/money/56830408-79/records-ancestry-com-online.html.csp
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>> This is great news! Though I think we continue efforts to encourage the
>> adoption of open licensing of this digitized content via our organization
>> and others. I'd be willing to help coordinate a team to work with
>> FamilySearch, Ancestry, OGA/ORG, OKFN, et al. Anyone, interested in joining
>> me?
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>> Cheers!
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>> Tod Robbins
>> Digital Asset Manager, MLIS
>> todrobbins.com | @todrobbins <http://www.twitter.com/#!/todrobbins>
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