In a message dated 12/25/00 8:07:13 PM Eastern Standard Time, dbrand@itexas.net writes: > Yes, the obituaries fall under copyright. The news paper that they > appeared in holds the copyright. Donna- Certainly not *all* obits are copyrighted (even current ones). Many are merely forms with names, locations, and facts typed in. If copyright is questionable your course of action is, of course, the right one... > > I remove such postings, and send the submitter an explanation of why they > were removed. > > If the submitter can supply evidence of the newspaper's permission to > publish (easy to come by) then they are allowed to post, but not with an > authenticated permission. I would add that reposting an abstracted version of the obit is also always acceptable. Joan