Ms Boyd, Being new to the list, I don't know the name of the list manager, but judging by your comments, it must be you. My comments are being addressed to the list, because I feel that the other members are entitled to hear my response and then you can "kick me off of your list". First my comment was not "flaming" and I was not screaming, had I been you would have known. Copyright laws are pretty clear, however, it has been brought to my attention, by another researcher that items (marriages and obituaries) published in newspapers are not copyrighted. About this I could be wrong, and will concede, my ignorance if it isn't true. I thought that the purpose of the Lists is to exchange genealogical data. When any of us post data to the List we are simply exchanging information to help each other in our research. There will always be unscrupulous people who plagarize other peoples research for profit, copyright or not. The volunteers who put forth their efforts to help researchers should be applauded, not pulled down. They are simply posting data, that they have researched, that any of us can obtain from Public Libraries, and as long as the source of that data is provided, what possible laws can be broken, if it comes from a newspaper. Now you can kick me off of your list. UNSUBSCRIBE. Sherry Jones