Well, obits are written by someone, if anyone the family, they provide the information...they are facts usually not original stories so not copyrightable...even the longer obits are usually written by a family member so they might have the copyright but not the paper...facts at present are not copyrightable...the concern is that the database bills will change that.... Charlotte >From: Joe <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: Charlotte ~ <[email protected]> >CC: [email protected] >Subject: Re: Newspaper article >Date: Sat, 05 Jun 1999 13:29:02 -0400 > >Hi Carlotte, > >I have seen your evaluation on obits before. Could you inform us why obits >are treated differently than other newspaper articles? They were written >by >someone, too. > >Thanks, > >Charlotte ~ wrote: > > > > Articles are written by reporters and yes, they are copyrighted...obits >are > > different...they are not copyrighted at present....Charlotte > > > > >-- > >joe > > _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com