GDG- Triangular Field

[Linda J. Guy]

But Nesbitt comes out with more books, I think there are four now. Is he 
getting the stories the guides are making up and then copyrighting them? 
That wouldn't be fair.

On another note, I am sensitive to these things, and I had such a 
feeling of depression in the cemetery at the 135th re-enactment that I 
had to leave it. There was so much going on there at the time I really 
wanted to stay and see it all, but couldn't. The rest of Gettysburg was 
fine with me. Weird!

Bob Vary wrote:
> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>
>
> As of 2002 tour guides were still being told not to use any stories that
> appeared in Nesbitt's books.  The feeling, at that time at least, was that
> as long as Nesbitt is allowed to copyright his printed presentations the
> tours do not want their guides using those stories out of fear of
> litigation.  It's better to make up stories for the tours and avoid having
> issues with publishers of printed material.
>
> Bob
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gettysburg-bounces at arthes.com [mailto:gettysburg-bounces at arthes.com]
> On Behalf Of Margaret D. Blough
> Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 7:57 PM
> To: GDG
> Subject: Re: GDG- Triangular Field
>
> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>
>
>   
>>> One reason for that is that all of the stories in the various Ghosts of
>>>       
> Gettysburg books have been copyrighted and cannot legally be used by the
> ghost tours without permission.<<
> Actually, that's not correct. It probably was the understanding, though, at
> the time that your son gave tours, but it hasn't been the case since 2001.
> In 2000, Mark Nesbitt sued the owners of the Farnsworth House ghost tours
> for copyright infringement. In 2001, Judge Sylvia Rambo ruled that with one
> exception (a story in which Nesbitt admitted an error was made in the
> printed version), the stories were in the public domain and, thus, their
> content could not be copyrighted.  She ruled that Nesbitt could validly
> copyright his printed presentation of the stories, though.
>
> Regards,
>
> Margaret
>
>
> -------------- Original message -------------- 
> From: gburg74 at comcast.net 
>
>   
>> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes: 
>>
>>
>> My son used to give ghost tours in Gettysburg. He can tell you for a fact
>>     
> that 
>   
>> many, if not most, of the ghost stories have been made up in recent years.
>>     
> One 
>   
>> professor at the college has even admitted making up one of the more
>>     
> famous of 
>   
>> them. Guides are also encouraged to make things up. One reason for that is
>>     
>
>   
>> that all of the stories in the various Ghosts of Gettysburg books have
>>     
> been 
>   
>> copyrighted and cannot legally be used by the ghost tours without
>>     
> permission. 
>   
>> On the other hand, I was seriously spooked one evening at dusk in the
>>     
> Triagular 
>   
>> Field when I swore I heard footsteps right in back of me as if walking
>>     
> through 
>   
>> the high weeds. But nothing was there. Probably the wind, or deer in the 
>> woods, but it sure sent a bit of a shiver down my spine. 
>>
>> Back to lurking with the other ghosts. 
>>
>> Bob 
>>
>>     
> ysburg/
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