[BC] Another history question

[Donna Halper]

>>Tom asked--
>       Donna, if you can get copyright releases on the newspaper accounts, 
> that would be very interesting to have on Barry's website, or, in your 
> book (of which I would buy!) Can a person post a newspaper article on a 
> website without direct permission if it is for historical reasons?

Great question-- Associated Press has a big notice on their site saying you 
can't use ANYTHING of theirs without written permission, and Time magazine 
says the same. (Permission is often granted, but just as often they want 
you to give them a fee for using the material.) But I am not sure what the 
rule is for defunct newspapers or for materials from the early 20s which 
the newspapers themselves may no longer keep copies of-- many newspapers 
have been sold and have donated their archives to libraries (or just tossed 
them out... sigh)...