This chart developed by someone at Cornell University is one of the best out there.
(There's a PDF version available if you want to print a copy for your reference.)
Lori Thornton
Ashland Co.
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Tina S. Vickery" <tsvickery(a)adelphia.net>
Reply-To: WIGEN-L(a)rootsweb.com
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
>
> 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/
>
>
==== WIGEN Mailing List ====
Celebrate Wisconsin!
Visit the Waukesha County WIGenWeb Project Pages
http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwaukes/indice.html
________________________________________________________________
Sent via the WebMail system at