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Ancestry.com is suing the National Records of Scotland (NRS) to hand over Scottish family records (www.bbc.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by Microw@piefed.zip to c/genealogy@lemmy.world

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NRS refuses to enter into an agreement with Ancestry.com, saying it would lose 3.7 million pounds in revenue if the records became available on the website

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[–] actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

This isn't about opening records for the public.

It's about Ancestry, the company, increasing its data pool and training AI systems.

[–] FigMcLargeHuge@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Fuck ancestry! When they started charging people to access the very data that they 'allowed' them to enter free, they lost all credibility in my eyes.

[–] Pacrat173@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

It makes doing anything a pain. I’m lucky enough to have access to ancestry access at my local library but I despise their company and practices. Their prices are insane and they lock people out of this hobby.