[Genealib] Question for you experts...

[Bruce Bumbalough]

Not really an expert, as in copyright lawyer, but I did a book of genealogical abstracts from the Fort Worth Record in 1903.  I consulted an intellectual property attorney who said they were likley in public domain.   The paper was purchased by others and eventually became part of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, which is still published today.
   
  My understanding is that if the item was publsihed before 1923, it is public domain.
   
  

Ceya <reminder at comcast.net> wrote:
  I am ready to start a book on Southeast Alabama Newspaper Extractions: 
Obituraries, Marriages, Reunions and Such... This will cover about a 
10 year period or more.

I need to know if newspaper information of this type is "Public Domain" or 
if I have the right to use these clippings right out of the newspaper.

Thanks ahead!

Ceya Minder, Librarian
SEAGHS
Dothan, Alabama 

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Bruce Bumbalough
Shurbrooke Books
Watauga, TX

author of &quot;Some Texoma Vital Records&quot;
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