> Would a family member own the copyright even if they didn't write the > obituary, but simply supplied the information? Does the fact that they > paid for it make any difference? If so, what happens in the case of the > free placement in some newspapers of obituaries written by the funeral director? The person who wrote it is the only one entitled to claim copyright, no matter who supplied the basic facts. Whether or not there was a cost to print it is irrelevant. I suspect Cliff is right in suggesting that most funeral directors wouldn't care if the obituary was republished elsewhere without their permission. -- Tom Thatcher [email protected] <http://members.rpa.net/~thatcher/> <http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=thatcher-th>