Thank you for this interesting information. We are both, apparently, aware that CMG is asserting this idea. However, it doesn't really answer the question. It is a "claim" in the sense that they are asserting a particular right to control the use of Mark Twains' image (e.g. paintings or photos or visual representations of his image). This "claim" must have a basis in law to be enforceable in court. So the question is, what is the legal basis of the claim? This is not a matter of works published before or after 1923, it is an issue of whether you may, for example and hypothetically, paint a picture of Mark Twain as he was prior -- let's say -- to 1900 and show it to people or sell it. It is not a matter or reprinting works that were not first published after the cut-off date for copyright claims. Does anyone know, clearly, what the basis of this claim is other than that they are claiming it? Thank you. Edward Summer THE BUFFALO FILM FESTIVAL