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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Batman_2000, post: 276797, member: 481&quot;]Sorry for the delay in getting back to this thread... it certainly is a mind-bender, isn&#039;t it?</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for all the comments. I appreciate your in-depth knowledge, all_fakes, and your link, Fig. </p><p><br /></p><p>Bev, we&#039;re thinking along the same lines. It seems to come down to someone (a descendent/copyright owner) seeing the poetry on the web and being bothered enough to sue under copyright law. Am I prepared to take that risk? Probably not, all things considered, even thought the risk in reality is likely to be low. As I said earlier, it&#039;s just a shame, because the writing is too good to be hidden away.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the UK &#039;fair use&#039; is known as &#039;fair dealing&#039; and the restrictions seem to be even tighter: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_dealing_in_United_Kingdom_law" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_dealing_in_United_Kingdom_law" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_dealing_in_United_Kingdom_law</a>. I could possibly apply the &#039;criticism or review&#039; exception to the copyright and claim that the work had previously been made available on eBay! But it&#039;s complicated... I&#039;m sure the only people to win in situations like these are the legal people...</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh well.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the plus side, the postcards that came with the writings are out of copyright as of last year! And I&#039;m enjoying researching them <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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