Hi to all, I have heard through the grapevine about the existence of Copyright-L, so I seized the day by signing up here. :-) Please kindly bear with me if my question has been posed many times by other members of the List. Does anyone have a copy of something like 1991 the US Supreme Court Decision about copyright laws? If so, would a kind soul send the copy to me? I would be very grateful. Thanks in advance, Regards, Jean Regards, Jean ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

At 01:00 PM 4/8/00 -0400, jean boutcher wrote: >Does anyone have a copy of something like 1991 the US Supreme >Court Decision about copyright laws? If so, would a kind soul >send the copy to me? I would be very grateful. The court decision you are talking about was: FEIST PUBLICATIONS, INC., Petitioner v. RURAL TELEPHONE SERVICE COMPANY, INC. Argued Jan. 9, 1991. Decided March 27, 1991. and it very much addresses many major issues associated with genealogy and copyright, particularly when it comes to compilations of facts. I happen to have put together a web page with that particular court decision on it at http://www.rootsweb.com/~mikegoad/html/feist.htm . You can also access the rest of my genealogy site from it which includes links to the actual federal on-line copyright code sections. Mike Goad I have developed some other interesting and useful genealogy related pages which are now linked at http://www.rootsweb.com/~mikegoad/html/feist.htm

At 01:00 PM 4/8/00 EDT, you wrote: >Does anyone have a copy of something like 1991 the US Supreme >Court Decision about copyright laws? If so, would a kind soul >send the copy to me? I would be very grateful. Visit http://www.rootsweb.com/~mikegoad/html/code.htm for a lot of recent information about copyright laws. Glenn

jean boutcher <[email protected]> wrote: > > Does anyone have a copy of something like 1991 the US Supreme > Court Decision about copyright laws? If so, would a kind soul > send the copy to me? I would be very grateful. > There is a great deal of information online at the US Copyright Office http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/circs/ The entire U.S. Copyright Laws (580 K worth) can be downloaded and read offline by going to http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/title17/ Publications and information circulars are available at http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/circs/ A very good page to start with, if the world of Copyright issues is new to you, is Copyright Basics at http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/circs/circ1.html You might also try Mike Goad's page at http://www.rootsweb.com/~mikegoad/html/code.htm Mike has some excellent articles and links to sites with information on copyright as it applies to the Internet In terms of the specific court case you asked about, are you looking for the Feist Publications case of Jan to March 1991? It is not about copyright laws in general, but is a specific ruling/decision regarding a specific lawsuit over copyright of a telephone directory's white pages I don't recall any 1991 Supreme Court decision regarding copyright laws in general, but I'm sure others on the list can correct me if I missed something. I have a copy of the 1991 Feist Publications verdict if you would like to see it. Lorine Lorine McGinnis Schulze [email protected] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Olive Tree Genealogy http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote/ The Canadian Military Heritage Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~canmil/ Upper-Canada Mail List http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote/lists/uppercanada.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~