Dear Edward,



My name is Mary Clare and I am an alcoholic serving on the Group Services assignment here at your General Service Office. It is my pleasure to correspond with anyone who writes with a question regarding G.S.O.'s A.A. website, www.aa.org <http://www.aa.org/> .



You said that you are starting a website and needed to know if we have any rules or guidelines about using A.A. material online, specifically the Big Book. The answer is a definite yes, we have such policies in place and I am sure you appreciate that there are also copyright laws involved.

I would suggest that you go to G.S.O.'s AA website, www.aa.org <http://www.aa.org/> and consult the following items:

· Intellectual Property Policy http://www.aa.org/lang/en/subpage.cfm?page=25 <http://www.aa.org/lang/en/subpage.cfm?page=25>

· The A.A. Service Manual, page S75, Trademarks, Logos and Copyrights http://www.aa.org/lang/en/catalog.cfm?origpage=101&product=100 <http://www.aa.org/lang/en/catalog.cfm?origpage=101&product=100>

We ask that you do not reproduce items that are currently available on the G.S.O. or AA Grapevine Web sites. Instead, link to the appropriate pages of the sites: www.aa.org and www.aagrapevine.org.

Your friends here at the General Service Office join me in sending warm wishes your way.



Yours in fellowship,

Mary Clare Lynch

General Service Office Staff