The names of your parents and the date of the marriage is public record. As far as the photo: If a news crew takes photos or video, do they ask permission to use it on the news from everyone in a crowd?, or of an aledged criminal being taken off to jail? I don't think so. ... Look at is as your parents claim to public fame. Donna -----Original Message----- From: Kaesemein@aol.com [mailto:Kaesemein@aol.com] Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 1:53 PM To: COPYRIGHT-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [COPYRIGHT] Publishing old photos I'm glad this topic came up because I also have a question about one old photo. My parents married in 1931 and their flower girl was an 11 yr. old girl who later became a famous movie star. There was a picture taken of the complete wedding party including this little girl and a copy was given to the little girl's parents as a momento. The movie star died a number of years ago, but I recently found a web page as a tribute to her and the picture of my parent's wedding is on that web site along with the date and my parent's names. No one EVER contacted my brother or I to ask permission to use it. I understand that a book about this movie star is also coming out this year and the picture might be in there. How can this be allowed without ever seeking permission from us? Marilyn