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Darwin.. My thoughts about copying something written by a person who's kicked-the-bucket is that at LEAST when the author of a generally obscure medical commentary or article has gone to meet their maker it's unlikely that anyone's looking out for their royalties (or whatever) and we know for SURE the author isn't posthumously.jump outta the woodwork yelling FRAUD. Of COURSE, I *COULD* be wrong! <sly grin> Barb Mallut [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Hawkins, Darwin <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Monday, May 15, 2000 7:35 AM Subject: Re: Drugs and You >> ---------- >> From: Barb_MSN[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] >> Sent: Monday, May 15, 2000 2:16 AM >> Subject: Re: Drugs and You >> >> >> Ultimately, I apologized most humbly, and SWORE I'd toe the >> straight and narrow for the rest of my life (of course, the very >> next time I came across a public commentary that I felt would >> benefit my forum's members, I went ahead and copied it to my >> forum --- but FIRST I made sure that author was long deceased! >> <wee smirk> >> >> Barb Mallut >> [log in to unmask] >> >> >> >> >Hey Barb, et. al.; > >The fact the author is long deceased does not mean the copyright laws does >not now apply. The work usually is owned by the estate or others. If you >want to determine if this is true, try publishing some of Elvis's songs! > > >BTW on the subject of Stiffman's Syndrome and Hypertonia: > >Went to a funeral on Friday. The guest of honor had a bad case of >Stiffman's! > >My new Granddaughter suffers from Hypertonia, mainly at 3 AM!