Let's say I use an obituary out of the newspaper to make a work.
Do I have a moral obligation to contact the family and ask permission?
Does the newspaper technically own that obituary?
Where does copyright law end and begin in this case?
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so have you found any answers about the legal ramifications of suing the obit? I would say to make it your own through the creative legal protections of changing the work to be at least 15% different from it's original look/feel/intent/etc...
Daniel, I just saw your comment. I am about to write an entry about this, but the short answer for right now is no. I'm still trying to expand the project and figure out what it is that I really want to do and say with them. I am torn between changing them too much because I feel like it might lose the integrity of the original form, but at the same time I don't really know what the purpose would be for me to just screen print photo-realistic obituaries. I mean, if so, then why not just use the original? We'll see how it develops . . .
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