SOLSHINE@aol.com wrote: > > In a message dated 97-10-08 04:58:52 EDT, you write: > > << Hi All: > > I'm no expert in this, but are any copyright laws being violated with > postings like this? According to > http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/circs/circ22 for any UNpublished, > UNregistered work written before 1978, its "copyright" will not expire > before 31 Dec 2002. Works first published or copyrighted before 1920 > are safe to duplicate. > > This posting isn't intended to ruffle anyone's feathers, I just don't > want any of our wonderful list members to get into trouble. The fines > can be rather high. > > Sue (Miller) Bosevich > bosevich@ilinks.net > > > PennaDutch@aol.com wrote: > > > > This is the first of a multi-part post. It is from a presentation to the > PA > > German Society made in 1898 by Henry Eyster Jacobs. It has been reprionted > in > > many books or excerpted in articles about the Pennsylvania Dutch and the > > immigration of their forefathers...... > >> > > Dear Sue - As you can see, the posting is excerpts from a presentation made > in "1898" which means it should be excluded from copyright constraints. > Please don't rain on our parade! I, for one, greatly appreciate the effort > of sharing this information. Besides, who on this list is going to call the > feds and tell them we're enjoying this post and it "might" be a copyright > violation? > > Laura Armstrong Tuttle I suppose I have to repeat myself: "This posting isn't intended to ruffle anyone's feathers, I just don't want any of our wonderful list members to get into trouble." And by the way, IF the original work (the presentation made in 1898) was an unpublished/unregistered work (and I don't have the slightest idea if this is so), it WOULD be protected under current copyright law until the year 2002. The persons reprinting this work probably got permission to do so. It's the posting of more recent copyrighted works which warrant concern (I recall seeing one published in the 1970s). Yes, I've copied pages at the library, printed web pages of information, and printed nearly every posting like Rod's (they're great!), and no, a list member isn't likely to 'turn anyone in'. But like it or not, in this day-and-age of people suing at a drop of a hat, I felt a comment was appropriate. Sue (Miller) Bosevich ==== PENNA-DUTCH Mailing List ==== Have you visited the webpage associated with this mail list? If not go to http://members.aol.com/PennaDutch/pennadutch.html