Not to detract from the tragedy that occurred in Virginia, but yesterday, I was watching the news and reading the paper about the manifesto that the gunman sent to the newspaper. It brought up a question to me about who has the legal rights to the video and any and all photographs/videos of deceased persons, in general.
In this case, I'm pretty sure the newspaper probably had the right to publish the pictures/videos that were sent to them, however, do they have the right to "sell" in part or in whole, those pictures or allow them to be published outside of their own venues. Or, do they have "any" rights at all to publish them, unless they have specific written or verbal permission of the deceased person?
Admittedly, news has special rules that don't apply to most of us, but they also must follow some of the same rules that apply to all of us.
Subject is now open for debate. What do you "think" or "know"?