<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.18828"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2 face="Courier New">Yes, that's it.  I started looking at the issue of copyright and obits, and ended up browsing through multiple sites.  In the end I don't think I really found anything that was conclusive.  It's one of those things that sits on the edge of defined copyright territory.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face="Courier New"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face="Courier New">thanks</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face="Courier New"><BR>Larry</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=pjroots@att.net href="mailto:pjroots@att.net">Pat Asher</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=laboswell@rogers.com href="mailto:laboswell@rogers.com">LBoswell</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=stephen@stephendanko.com href="mailto:stephen@stephendanko.com">Stephen Danko</A> ; <A title=apgpubliclist@apgen.org href="mailto:apgpubliclist@apgen.org">apgpubliclist@apgen.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, November 04, 2009 4:11 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [APG Public List] Copyright and obits</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>At 03:00 PM 11/4/2009, LBoswell wrote:<BR>>There is on the internet an unverified account of an attempted <BR>>copyright suit between two newspapers. One was reprinting the <BR>>other's obits. The judge threw out the suit saying that copyright <BR>>could equally be assigned to the funeral home who wrote the obits. <BR>>Apologies for not having the link as I just read it and moved on.<BR><BR>Larry,<BR><BR>I'm guessing you're thinking of the Times-Tribune vs Times Leader <BR>lawsuit, both PA newspapers.<BR><A href="http://obituaryforum.blogspot.com/2008/11/times-tribune-claims-newspaper.html">http://obituaryforum.blogspot.com/2008/11/times-tribune-claims-newspaper.html</A><BR><BR>While the Judge dismissed the majority of the claims in September, <BR>the lawsuit has been allowed to move forward on the remaining claims.<BR><A href="http://www.standardspeaker.com/news/judge_dismisses_some_counts_in_newspaper_s_lawsuit_against_competitor">http://www.standardspeaker.com/news/judge_dismisses_some_counts_in_newspaper_s_lawsuit_against_competitor</A><BR><BR>It will be interesting to watch.<BR><BR>Pat Asher <BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>