all the memorials I have seen are usually standard pattern of basic facts. No originality. There may be one or two that are unique. David Samuelsen Christine R wrote: > > Ok. Let me see if I understand copyrightable material. An obit is not > necessarily copyrighted as there is no real originality. They all basically > follow the same pattern: so-and-so died, date, services will be, survivers > are,... But a memorial is a mini bio of the person written by friend or > family and therefore very original. So, I can post family obits to > genconnect boards, but not the accompaning memorial? Is there any place > where it would be accepted for the memorial to be posted? Can it be > included in a compilation of family history, if the book is not sold for > profit? I ask because I have several memorials on various family members > (about 50 yrs ago) that help to make these people *alive* & I really want to > share them. > > thanks for any feed-back. > christine > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > ==== COPYRIGHT Mailing List ==== > Check out the new communities at RootsWeb > http://www.communities.rootsweb.com/ > > ============================== > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2