What if I go to a cemetery, plot it, walk it, and record the burials there then put the information into a book? The information on the stones is a form of public record available to anyone who visits the cemetery, death records for some states are on line, obituaries are in the newspaper, funeral home records are available for searching by anyone. It seems to me that, here, again only the format and index if there is one are copyrightable. The facts are not. Margaret Scott Anderson wrote: > > On Tuesday, November 21, 2000, Bennie White <[email protected]> wrote: > > (I have a cemetery inscription compilation at the printers as we speak- > > copyrighted, I might add). > > That's very different. You put that together yourself, so you deserve a copyright on it and protection for it. > > > I do know this is in the current copyright law (may not be exact wording): > > Any original work (compilation or otherwise) created by the author becomes > > protected by copyright from the moment it is created. In fact, under the > > current law, the copyright notice is not even required to be shown. Getting > > down to the nitty gritty, these messages we on the list are compiling > > (original work) are covered under copyright and we all have violated the law > > y quoting passages. Extreme example, I know, but nevertheless, covered > > under the law. > > The quoting falls under fair use, so no copyright violation. > > S R C A > cott obert ranston nderson > [email protected] > > ==== COPYRIGHT Mailing List ==== > Searchable archives at > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=copyright > > ============================== > The easiest way to stay in touch with your family and friends! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST1