[email protected] wrote: > > In a message dated 99-10-16 21:00:59 EDT, you write: > > << [email protected] > > Hi all, > > New subscriber here. I've been asked for advice about the posting of > obituaries to the GenConnect boards and the concern about copyright. > A specific example is can an obit that's only 10 years old be posted? > >> > > Hi, > We had someone post about 40 obits to the GenConnect boards. We planned on > pulling them off. But contacted the newspaper and they gave us permission! So > I am now going thru each one and putting a statement that it is reprinted > with permission. I know this does not answer your copyright question, but > just letting you know what we did. > > Diane Payne > Thanks for the sensible advice Diane. Simply asking permission and stating that permission is granted seems to me to be the way to go. Should have thought of that myself :) As long as permission is granted (and I imagine that as far as obits go, in general, it probably is) we wouldn't have to be concerned with paraphrasing. Thanks again, Bonnie