The focus of a biography is memorializing the individual’s life with preference to an originally written biography. Those who index and memorialize the deceased from newspapers and other third party accounts should do so with full respect of copyright, refrain from adding information about living people, and respond generously to the family of the deceased.

The focus of a biography is memorializing the individual’s life with preference to an originally written biography. Those who index and memorialize the deceased from newspapers and other third party accounts should do so with full respect of copyright, refrain from adding information about living people, and respond generously to the family of the deceased.