I'm in the process of working on an index for posting online to a local research site, and also submitting the research in paper form to my local public library. I enjoy sharing the information I collect, but I'm a little disturbed by stories of mass copying and selling the information, or posting of the entire body of work without permission or acknowledgment. Even copying the non-copywrited information just to have handy for reference (or paid research service) cheats the local library collection out of due credit.

I've addressed the aspect of how my data appears online, and I feel comfortable with that. The information is collated with other information on that site so can't be simply copied and pasted en mass without a substantial amount of work.

My printed version of this index will have a little more data, and appear in a slightly different format. I know I can easily watermark the pages and I've done that for other work. But for this more important index [to me], I'm also thinking of printing it on colored paper to "discourage" mass-photocopying. Any technical alternatives for printing self-published data?

Gary Rebholz
Milwaukee, Wisconsin