Re: Use of Grandfather's Newspaper Articles

From: John R. Levine <johnl[_at_]iecc.com>
Date: 30 Aug 2000 17:57:03 -0400


>So! The newspaper has not been in operation for about 50 years and my
>grandfather has been deceased about that long as well! Can I do this without
>expecting trouble?

It seems to me that the term of copyright then was 28 years, and the copyright has almost certainly not been renewed (something you could look up at the copyright office), so they're probably out of copyright. 

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Received on Wed Aug 30 2000 - 22:00:16 GMT

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