At 10:27 AM 5/3/2012, Karen wrote: >So the key is to cite the newspaper they came out of, and you won't have >a problem. Probably -- but not legally. *If* the obit is copyrighted, you must have permission from the copyright holder to republish, unless you do so under the provisions of fair use. Republishing material (copyrighted or not) without attribution is plagiarism, but is not necessarily copyright infringement. Pat Asher

You must have missed the part that I called the newspapers. Karen -----Original Message----- From: state-coord-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:state-coord-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Pat Asher Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 9:26 AM To: state-coord@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [STATE-COORD] Question abt Copyrights on Newspaper Clippings At 10:27 AM 5/3/2012, Karen wrote: >So the key is to cite the newspaper they came out of, and you won't have >a problem. Probably -- but not legally. *If* the obit is copyrighted, you must have permission from the copyright holder to republish, unless you do so under the provisions of fair use. Republishing material (copyrighted or not) without attribution is plagiarism, but is not necessarily copyright infringement. Pat Asher ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to STATE-COORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message