Thanks for all the responses regarding copywright. They all gave me new things to consider. Kathie Fortner On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 2:24 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > If you know any instructor in a college level environment, especially > English or History dept, they have specialized software that looks for > existing copies of documents or portions thereof submitted by students. The > purpose is checking for plagiarism. You might be able to get some help from > some one like that. > Douglas Burnett > > In a message dated 11/19/2014 10:22:47 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > I have a four page typewritten essay that I picked up in a used book > store. It has the author's name but no date. It is mainly about changing > customs. For example an oil lamp being a new invention. And people taking > off their shoes and walking to town and then putting them back on as shoes > were scarce. So it is talking about the early 1800's in Ontario, Canada. > For the most part no names of people are mentioned and a generic name like > Mrs. Smith could be substituted with no loss of coherence. > > Because it is typewritten is it correct to assume a copywright exists? I'm > guessing the author is no longer living. Would I need to find who is the > heir to her estate and get permission to post online? My only reason would > be that it is an interesting document that I would like to share, I have no > desire to make any money. > > Any thoughts? > > -- > > *Kathie Fortner* > > *[email protected] <[email protected]>* > > *www.fortner.50megs.com <http://www.fortner.50megs.com>* > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > -- *Kathie Fortner* *[email protected] <[email protected]>* *www.fortner.50megs.com <http://www.fortner.50megs.com>*