Thanks for waking us up, LOL. Peter and Dan both make some good points. I would guess the difference would be between your taking an book or an article that an author wrote, and editing it, perhaps even removing some salient points, and possibly thereby skewing his original thesis or conclusions. And then posting it or publishing it somewhere as if it constituted his work. As opposed to going to the author and saying, hey, we'd like to publish a shorter version, can we work out a way to edit it down and condense it with your permission. (For example, wouldn't Reader's Digest have to get permission to produce a condensed version of a previously published work, for example? They couldn't just go ahead and do whatever they wanted with a work for which someone else held the copyright.) Others here on the List have more expertise in copyright matters than I, of course, this is just my two cents. Maarja ________________________________________________________________________ Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free. A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>