While I take you point (as to copyright) Scott, they do, arguably, have a legal leg to stand on. http://www.forbes.com/2002/08/12/0812cmg.html "Agents of the Dead" by Mark Lewis. "Indiana’s 1994 statute extends the inheritable right of publicity for 100 years after a celebrity’s death, which is why Mark Twain Mark Twain(who died in 1910) is today a CMG client. Roesler no longer represents Presley, but the CMG roster does include such distinguished dead people as Babe Ruth , Buddy Holly, Malcolm X and Princess Diana ." There are other such organizations. DDD On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 2:02 PM, 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 >