I checked with some newspapers and here is one response that I thought should be shared.. Barb Barbara, I talked to our Publisher and he said it would be fine to post them as long as you credit The Tribune-Democrat for obits that may have been from our newspaper. I’m not sure of other newspapers, and if that would be acceptable with them also. Thanks, Doug Gawel dgawel@tribdem.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Barbara Lorensen [mailto:lllorensen@socket.net] Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 7:24 AM To: retail@tribdem.com Subject: obits Good morning, I have a question for you. Is it okay for me to post some old obits that I found in my mothers old scrapbook to some message boards? I have no idea what newspapers they are from so I'm checking with all the newspapers.. I posted a few then I received this message from someone: (As a note of caution, obits posted in the newspaper are copyrighted, and as such are subject to the approval of the publishing newspaper. In the past this approval was refused by the local papers and there was the possibility of a lawsuit against a poster. It was acceptable to post a one-liner for each giving the basic details and where it was published.) I really want to share these obits with others, Please mail me at lllorensen@socket.net Thank You Barb Lorensen