I am looking at an Ancestry page now,
I quote from various parts of the page with the heading Warwickshire, England Extracted Parish Records"
"Source Information
Ancestry.com. Warwickshire, England, Extracted Parish Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001.
Original data: Electronic databases created from various publications of parish and probate records."
and futher down the page
"What should I know about this collection to access the data?
Some of the records may be in Latin or even a Welsh or Scottish dialect depending on location. The spelling is archaic, and is transcribed as it was written. There are many spelling inconsistencies and non-standard grammar. Phonetic spelling is often used. Try using variant spellings if a search yields no results.
The individual files in this database may not include all dates and records for each parish/church. Use caution in assuming that any database is a complete set of records--even for the parishes and time period listed. Due to the legibility of the original sources, there may be gaps in the records, including partial sentences, cut-off words, and other omissions.
Due to the nature of the records and because the records were originally compiled by a third party, it is difficult to absolutely verify the completeness and validity of the data. The information in this collection is as correct as it was when Ancestry.com received it, and has merely been reproduced in an electronic format."
"merely been reproduced in an electronic format" Ummmm.... I doubt that would be sufficient to claim a copyright of records that were originally compiled by a third party.....
I have looked and cannot see on that page where Ancestry.com.uk is claiming copyright ....
Cheers, JM
