Will Forshay's Bridge Day tape rights?

[base428 1]

Who has the rights to Will's tapes? There is a lot of history there that should be preserved. I'm also looking for the appropriate person to contact regarding use of a Bridge Day 1999 jump that Will filmed.

Any information would be most helpful. Thanks. RIP Will.

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[chuckbrown 0]

I'm assuming he was filming for his own uses (private or commercial). The rights should be owned by his estate. If he didn't have an estate administered, you could probably get a transfer from the person entitled to inherit under applicable state law.

If he had no descendants/family, in most states the property would go to the state.

If you let me know where he was living when he died, I can take a quick look at who should be entitled to inherit his property.

[RhondaLea 4]

Will's obituary (one of several), including the names and locations of his survivors.

His father continues to administer forshay.org, so he is probably the person to contact . All the information, including snail mail and e-mail addresses and a telephone number is included here:

http://www.samspade.org/t/ipwhois?a=www.forshay.org

[TomAiello 26]

Johnny Utah told me he had permission to use Will's footage. I assume that means he knows who to contact to gain such permission. You might want to ask him.

I definitely agree that Will's work needs to be preserved, for all BASE jumpers.

-- Tom Aiello

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