I think the University of California at Berkeley controls literary rights, but I believe Yankee in King Arthur's Court to be public domain material based on its date of publication. Scott Holmes <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >The site claims to represent the estate of Mark Twain and controls all >use of his likeness, etc. for business purposes. >http://www.cmgww.com/historic/twain/index.php > >Given that almost all of his work is in public domain, what do they >actually control. Are they, in fact, just posers. The site is not >particularly impressive as web sites go. > >I am curious because I've developed a audio/video book of "A Connecticut >Yankee in King Arthur's Court" on a 32GB flash drive that I'm hoping to >market. It contains an icon of a rather well worn photo of Twain. As >far as I know, all my materials are public domain