Local Stories by Local People No More Obituaries

On Monday, Edhat received a CEASE and DESIST notice from David J. Millstein, an attorney for the Santa Barbara News-Press, with instructions to remove any unauthorized links to the newspress.com website from the edhat.com website; specifically the obituaries.

As many of you know, Edhat has been placing links on the Edhat News page to the obituaries in the Santa Barbara News-Press. While most of the News-Press website is subscription-only, the obituaries are not. The dedicated staff of edhat.com speculated that the reason the obituaries are not password protected is because they are written and paid for by the families of the deceased.

It is almost unheard of for a website to request that others do not link to them. But, in the spirit of good sportsmanship, Edhat has removed these unauthorized links. For the time being, anyone who wants to read the News-Press obituaries can do so by going to the News-Press home page, clicking local, then clicking obituaries.

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