tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post8786019239773825719..comments2024-03-26T11:22:41.940-07:00Comments on Genea-Musings: Your own Ancestry access may be restricted in LDS buildingsRandy Seaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-62327008707234329582007-03-23T13:22:00.000-07:002007-03-23T13:22:00.000-07:00It's a slippery slope when companies start determi...It's a slippery slope when companies start determining when and where we can log into personal accounts. Perhaps one could log in at a FHC and let everyone use their account. One could also share their login information with a group of people and cut into Ancestry revenue that way. What's next... limiting the number of IPs from which we can access a personal account? The idea of the internet and the move towards wireless is "anytime, anywhere," not "where we decide you can, in places we deem appropriate."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-55605440011565346462007-03-22T20:10:00.000-07:002007-03-22T20:10:00.000-07:00I am not the biggest fan of Ancestry either. That...I am not the biggest fan of Ancestry either. That being said I do understand why Ancestry would disallow people from logging in at FHC's on their personal accounts. They don't want someone to log in on their personal account and leave it logged in for everyone at the FHC to use thereby circumventing licensing agreements.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-12334790265840173192007-03-22T19:04:00.000-07:002007-03-22T19:04:00.000-07:00Randy;I have some serious questions about the situ...Randy;<BR/>I have some serious questions about the situation as explained by James Petty. We here at the Seattle Public Library also provide Ancestry with a limited set of IP addresses to be used as part of our subscription. That is standard practice in the database industry. That does not stop our patrons from using their own Ancestry account via the open Internet. In fact they do it all the time. The IP addresses provided to Ancestry (not from Ancestry) allow Ancestry to authenticate the log-in without the patron having to enter a password or username. So I have some problems with the set up as discussed by James. I suggest we take a wait and see approach. Ancestry is being set-up as a bad guy here. While I'm no their biggest fan we need to remember that they make the vast majority of their income off of the individual user and any institutional access they provide, whether at an FHC or in my library, cuts into that base. Genealogy is the only area that I am aware of where a database provider gets more of its income from the public than from insitutional users. I would hate to see that change.<BR/>Heather McLeland-Wieser, C.G. MLSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com