America's Historic Lakes
The Lake Champlain and Lake George Historical Site Frequently Asked Questions
What is America's Historic Lakes and who owns this web site?
America's Historic Lakes is a
very small, independent publisher of material relating to the history of
the Lake Champlain, Lake George and Richelieu River regions of New York,
Vermont and Quebec. Utilizing the web, print media, and multimedia
presentations and lectures we strive to present some of the best
available information regarding the history of this region. The
organization and website were created and maintained by
James P. Millard,
d.b.a.
America's Historic Lakes
The Lake Champlain and Lake George Historical Site
How can I contact you?
The best way to contact us is by using our email address:
webmaster2@historiclakes.org
You can also mail us at:
America's Historic Lakes
c/o James P. Millard
P.O. Box 262
South Hero, Vermont 05486
The site is maintained out of our home office in South Hero.
Where
can I find the Site's Privacy Policy?
Our Privacy Policy can be accessed
here. Do you have a phone number I can call?
Yes, we have a phone number- 802-578-1818. Please note: Our phone is for inquiries into our
educational and local history promotional services. America's Historic
Lakes is a very small organization- 1 person and a generous and
dedicated group of guest contributors. Please do not call us with personal requests for information or additional research. We put a phenomenal amount of work into creating and maintaining this web site. We receive hundreds of personal requests for information each year, most asking for information beyond what we have published. As much as we'd like to, we simply cannot accommodate all of these requests. We couldn't do the website if we spent our time answering
these questions and doing research for individuals. Another,
under-utilized feature of the site is our
SITE SEARCH. Please try
it before contacting us. I want to contact you directly. Why don't you publish your personal email address on the Site?
Like most folks who use the web today, we have been plagued by a deluge of worthless spam and junk email. This becomes especially bad when an email address is published on a web site. We removed all references to our personal email addresses
some time ago. When you contact us at
webmaster2@historiclakes.org, your message does reach the publisher; and, you will most likely receive a personal reply from us.
Why do
you have ads on the site? I don't recall seeing them before.
Like it or not, our costs are way up and we
don't see much choice but to try to find ways to cover our expenses. It
is expensive and time-consuming to keep a site of this size current,
interesting and well-maintained. We will always strive to find vendors
and products we believe are of real interest and value to our site
visitors. Most of the ads on this site are pay per click. Others are "affiliate" ads,
a much better deal for the advertiser than for us- we get nothing unless
a purchase is made as a result of the ad. You can help us to keep ads to
a minimum by supporting our efforts through the
Amazon Honor System, purchases from our
Book
and Gift Shop or by patronizing our advertisers. I have a story or photos that I would like to share with America's Historic Lakes. How can I become a Guest Contributor?
Simply drop us a note at
webmaster2@historiclakes.org. We are always happy to have Guest Contributors. It's a wonderful way to share your knowledge and/or historic photos with the world. We will work with you to make sure that you like the way we present your material, the material will remain yours, it is simply on loan, if you will, to the Site.
In keeping with our reputation and standards, you are expected to
provide accurate material, properly documented with sources. We reserve
the right to reject any submissions at our sole discretion. At any time you can ask us to remove
your material and we will respect your wishes. We regret that we cannot pay Guest Contributors for their submissions at this time. Further information about becoming a Guest Contributor is available
here. I would like to contact one of your Guest Contributors. Will you give me their contact information?
Not without their permission. Tell us who you want to contact. We will pass your request on to them. Can I copy the
photos on the Site for my own use?
Everything on this website is copyright protected. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act confirms that materials published on the web have the same protection as printed materials such as books. In addition, we have registered this site with the Copyright Office at the Library of Congress in Washington. That stated, we publish this Site for your enjoyment. You may print one copy of selected pages for your personal reading and/or research, provided that the copyright information is printed along with the rest of the material. You may link to any and all pages without asking our permission. Any links to America's Historic Lakes should open in a new window, and should not be displayed within a frame on your site. Under no circumstances may you republish anything from this Site in any form, electronic or otherwise, without our permission. Some excellent sources of information regarding copyright are:
http://www.whatiscopyright.org/
http://www.copyright.gov/
NOTE: The fact that a work does not appear in a search on the LOC web site does not mean that work has not been registered. There is a very significant delay before a registered work shows up in the LOC web search. I am an educator. May I use your material in my classes with my students?
We at America's Historic Lakes are very pleased to have our material used by students or educators. We work very hard to make sure that our material is accurate and properly presented. You can feel confident using this Site as a resource. Fair Use guidelines give educators a considerable amount of latitude in using
segments of published materials in their teaching, provided the rights of the author are respected. We think this is a good thing. We do request that educators tell us they are using our materials, and we do insist that our materials not be republished or distributed outside of the classroom, including on a website that is available to the internet or outside of a local area network. If we know what you need, we can often be of additional assistance, it's not unheard of for us to provide additional information, free of charge. Also, if we know something is of particular value to educators, we will often work to make it even better or more useful. I am a student. I want to use your photos and text in a report. Is this OK?
Talk to your teacher about the report. It is very rare that a teacher will accept work simply copied from another source. Usually they will want you to put the report into your own words. This Site can be an excellent source of information for you, but the report needs to be yours, not ours. We will gladly give you permission to print selected photos and quotes from America's Historic Lakes, but we expect you to state where they came from and credit the authors and photographers in the report or paper you are writing. You can contact us at
webmaster2@historiclakes.org for permission to use our material. You can find out how to credit online sources by clicking this link:
An important message for students. I represent a publishing firm. Do you sell images from the site for re-publication?
Yes. Photos from America's Historic Lakes have been used in educational textbooks, encyclopedias, atlases, magazines, television documentaries and other publications. Most of the photos on America's Historic Lakes can be purchased for publication at very reasonable rates. Most of the images are by Site owner Jim Millard. Jim's photos have been used by some of the top publishers in the United States and Canada.
There are hundreds of stunning photos in our database that are not used on the site. If you don't see it, drop us a note. If you want to use an image by a Guest Contributor we will ask them for you, all proceeds from the use of images owned by Guest Contributors will go to them unless they specify that the fee be donated to America's Historic Lakes. Usually we ask about $50. for the rights to use an image in another publication. In all cases, we expect a photo credit line for the photographer. Do you sell prints of your photos to private individuals?
Maybe. We don't often do this, it's a lot of work for us, takes us away from our other efforts and not really worth our trouble. We will sell you a print, but not the rights to republish or copy that print for distribution to others. If you want to use our photo in a publication like a textbook or magazine, let us know that. Otherwise, if we sell you a print from a photo published on America's Historic Lakes, the print is for your personal enjoyment only, the photographer still owns the rights to that photo. Only the photographer has the right to publish or copy that photograph. If this is acceptable to you, contact us at
webmaster2@historiclakes.org. Tell us which photo you would like a copy of, and we will quote you a price when we can. If the photo is owned by one of our Guest Contributors we will contact them for you to see if they are willing to sell you a print. Images published by Guest Contributors are owned by them. What are your qualifications for publishing a Site such as this?
Information about the publisher of America's Historic Lakes can be found
here. We let our work speak for itself. We hope you find the Site of value. If you do not, there are many other sources available for your use. Does America's Historic Lakes provide speakers for presentations to groups and organizations?
Yes. Jim Millard enjoys giving presentations to civic groups,
historical societies and other organizations, including schools. We can
talk about publishing on the web, America's Historic Lakes, or a
specific aspect of Lake Champlain or Lake George history. Please make
your request as far in advance as possible. Usually Jim will visit your
organization for a small stipend or his expenses, depending on whether
your organization is charging an admission fee. Another option is
to host a book-signing. Jim's popular multimedia presentations are
lively and informative, often standing-room only. For a listing of
upcoming presentations, click
here. Our Guest Contributors sometimes deliver presentations about their work- we will be happy to forward your request to them. How can you put a copyright notice on photos that you found in the public domain?
When America's Historic Lakes utilizes an image that was formerly in the public domain, we will often enhance, modify or edit that image for use on the Site. That editing makes the image into a derivative work, effectively giving us ownership of that modified image. The original image, at whichever source we found the public domain image, remains in the public domain. We will often state where the original image was found in footnotes on the page. Once something enters the public domain, it remains there forever. Date this page was last edited:
02/27/2008 | 
