Ancestry in legal bid to access Scottish family records
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DNA testing site, Ancestry.com, has taken legal action to access millions of Scottish family records held by the National Records of Scotland (NRS).

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

  • actionjbone@sh.itjust.works
    11·
    5 months ago

    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.worksEnglish
      6·
      5 months ago

      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.worldM
        4·
        5 months 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.

  • Microw@piefed.zipOPEnglish
    3·
    5 months ago

    I personally prefer archives to offer access to records for free (like most of the church archives do in Austria), but I’d rather see an archive charge a small fee for the access than Ancestry.com fucking that archive over.