>From my stance -- it is not a copyright issue... you have the right to DELETE the posts if YOU believe they may be OFFENSIVE to people that come across them... >From my understanding of copyright law - yes they are copyrighted... but that does not remove your right to editorially remove them becuase they are in poor taste... Granted I'm not an attorney -- but I think your safe in removing them... Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sally Youngquist" <youngqui@interl.net> To: <RootsWeb-Help-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 25, 2000 7:31 PM Subject: Copyright > I am wondering about a couple of posts made to my GenConnect Obituary Boards. These posts were made by none family members from recent obituaries, year 2000. > > Do these recent writings fall under copyright and could these posts upset family members if they knew about them. I don't feel right about it and wondered what the policy is. > > Sally > > > ============================== > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 > >