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From: Lygia Cutts <>
Subject: Re: [ARCHIVES-L] Re:Copyright info
Date: Wed, 06 Oct 1999 13:58:03 -0500


Thanks Cathy!
I was thinking along those lines but wanted more imput before trying to
answer her question!! Like I said, I am not very good about copyrights!

Lygia

At 02:41 PM 10/6/99 -0400, Cathy Burnsed wrote:
>Lygia,
>
>The short answer, as I understand it, is:
>
>Nearly everything published after April 1, 1989, whether or not it contains
>a copyright notice, is protected under copyright law.
>
>>From the info that was given, it would appear to me that the printing
>company would not have the authority to grant permission - the church seems
>to be the copyright holder. Of course, I'm not an attorney, but that's my
>best guess.
>
>I hope this helps.
>
>Cathy Burnsed
>Florida
>
>Thanks for your message at 01:30 PM 10/6/99 -0500, Lygia Cutts. Your
>message was:
>>I received an email asking about how to contribute Church records which
>>were printed in 1991 and I replied saying that permission was needed by the
>>publisher/s because of the copyrights. Below is the reply Ireceived
>>concerning the what is in the printed material. Can anyone help answer this
>>question? Thanks!
>>
>>
>>Lygia
>>
>>>From:
>>>Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1999 11:42:59 EDT
>>>Subject: Re: Morgan County Info
>>>To:
>>>X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 9
>>>
>>>In a message dated 10/06/1999 8:35:49 AM Central Daylight Time,
>>> writes:
>>>
>>><< you would need to get permission from
>>> the copyright holder since it was published as early as 1991 >>
>>>
>>>Are all publications published this late protected by copyright? I've
>>looked
>>>through the book, and there is no copyright notation except on a specific
>>>poem. On the credit page, it just says "Printed 1991 by Modernistic
>>>Printing, Cullman, Alabama for Roundtop Community Church, Falkville, AL."
>>Do
>>>I still need to contact the printing company?
>>>
>>>Many of the entries I have in my personal files because I have many family
>>>members buried there and I have made the notations by personal visit.
>>>
>>>Sue
>>>
>>Lygia Dawkins Cutts
>>
>>
>>881 Weaver Road
>>Brewton, AL 36426
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Lygia Dawkins Cutts


881 Weaver Road
Brewton, AL 36426

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