From: richard@ex-parrot.com   
      
   On 21/03/19 23:59, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:   
      
   > Right. If the contributor whose material you are interested in - and   
   > possibly republishing - is DEFINITELY your GGGF, then I think you are   
   > OK: if the copyright vested in the newspaper, that's expired; if your   
   > GGGF retained it, then you presumably know to whom he willed any rights   
   > in it - and if it was towards the end of his life, then I presume it's   
   > more than 70 years since he died, so has still expired.   
      
   The only way the newspaper contributor might not be my great great   
   grandfather is if there was a non-paternity event, as the euphemism   
   goes, somewhere between him and me.  There's no possibility that this is   
   a case of mistaken identity.   
      
   The potential complication is that my great great grandfather's   
   contributions do not really make sense in isolation.  A "fair use"   
   extract would be sufficient to put them in make sense, but a more   
   comprehensive collection might be of more interest.  While my great   
   great grandfather was old when he made his contributions, I get the   
   impression most of the contributors were young men, and it would be   
   astonishing if they were all dead 70 years ago.  But the chance of any   
   of their heirs caring enough to do anything seems very small.   
      
   Anyway, I think I have enough information on the legal side.  I now need   
   to decide what, if anything, I want to do with the information I've   
   gathered.  Thanks for your help.   
      
   Richard   
      
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