Hi Jessica, If the article and obituary are prior to 1923 the copyright should be expired. If newer, then you might want to do an abstract into your own words with the information that you have available and tell folks where they can see the original article. Most funeral homes will give permission to use an obituary if approached properly. Three of four in Jackson County are posting or mailing to me to post all current obituaries. The fourth has promised to do so but I am not getting them yet. Les Shockey At 11:05 PM 6/4/99 -0500, you wrote: >I have a newspaper article that I would like to put on USGenWeb. Is >this >against copyright laws? What about obituaries, etc.? >___________________________________________________________________ >You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. >Get completely free e-mail from Juno at >http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html >or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------ Les Shockey email address = [email protected] or [email protected] RootsWeb Listowner for the SHOCKEY family discussion group. [email protected] Visit the Jackson County, WVGenWeb Page, part of USGenWeb Project at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvjackso/JACK.HTM Visit the (West Virginia) WVGenWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvgenweb/ Member and Supporter of RootsWeb. Are you helping support RootsWeb?