Copyright does not normally apply to anything over 75 years old unless the organization renewed it - the simplest way would be to request permission from the State Historical Society - better yet, check and see if it is already on-line at: http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/ or not to put the entire article on line - rephrase it and site the source - and make a note on the site that it has been edited R/S MAK --- WI CC x 6 <wigenwebcc@gmail.com> wrote: > Someone recently donated an article that was printed > in a 1919 issue of the > "Wisconsin Magazine of History". Is this a > publication of the state > Historical Society? And if so, would this still be > under copyright since > the organization is still in existence? > > Thanks for any insight you can give, > > Genie MAKtranscriber http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwood http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiportag http://www.rootsweb.com/~wimonroe __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

I am told from a reliable source that anything prior to 1923 is copyright free, regardless of whether the organization is still being in existence. Tina ----- Original Message ----- From: "MAK - Transcriber" <maktranscriber@yahoo.com> To: <WIGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2006 6:01 PM Subject: Re: [WIGEN-L] copyright question > Copyright does not normally apply to anything over 75 > years old unless the organization renewed it - the > simplest way would be to request permission from the > State Historical Society - better yet, check and see > if it is already on-line at: > http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/ > > or not to put the entire article on line - rephrase it > and site the source - and make a note on the site > that it has been edited > > R/S MAK > > > > --- WI CC x 6 <wigenwebcc@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Someone recently donated an article that was printed >> in a 1919 issue of the >> "Wisconsin Magazine of History". Is this a >> publication of the state >> Historical Society? And if so, would this still be >> under copyright since >> the organization is still in existence? >> >> Thanks for any insight you can give, >> >> Genie > > MAKtranscriber > http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwood > http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiportag > http://www.rootsweb.com/~wimonroe > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ==== WIGEN Mailing List ==== > Celebrate Wisconsin! > Visit the Washington County WIGenWeb Project Pages > http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwashin/ > >