Have you tried posting your question to the Copyright-L mailing list on
Rootsweb? There are some very knowledgable people on that list that could
probably answer your question right away.
Thanks,
Peggy
-----Original Message-----
From: Paula Vaughan [mailto:pajolova@hotmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2006 9:58 AM
To: WIGEN-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [WIGEN-L] copyright question
Genie-
Here is the the US Copyright website
http://www.copyright.gov/. It can be
confusing reading - but I have emailed them with exactly what I wanted to do
and they have given me a timely reply. So if any doubt trying emailing them.
Paula
Waupaca County Coordinator
WIGenWeb Project
http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwaupac/index.htm
From: "Tina S. Vickery" <tsvickery(a)adelphia.net>
Reply-To: WIGEN-L(a)rootsweb.com
To: WIGEN-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [WIGEN-L] copyright question
Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 22:41:00 -0500
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(a)yahoo.com>
To: <WIGEN-L(a)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(a)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
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