Copyrights

(from Veritas Web Site)

 Shortly after the reported date of L. Ron Hubbard's death--24 January  1986--Norman F. Starkey was appointed as Executor of L. Ron Hubbard's will and  estate. But Starkey operated under a dizzying array of titles, including: 

1. Norman F. Starkey, Executor of the Estate of L. Ron Hubbard & Trustee  of Author's Family Trust 
2. Norman F. Starkey, Executor of the estate of L. Ron Hubbard 
3. Norman F. Starkey, Executor of the will of L. Ron Hubbard, d.b.a. L. Ron  Hubbard Library 
4. Norman F. Starkey, Executor of the will of L. Ron Hubbard 
5. Norman F. Starkey, Trustee of Author's Family Trust-B 
6. Norman F. Starkey, Trustee of the Estate of L. Ron Hubbard & Trustee  of Author's Family Trust 
7. Norman F. Starkey, Trustee of Author's Family Trust-B d.b.a. L. Ron  Hubbard Library 
8. Norman F. Starkey, Trustee of Author's Family Trust 

No matter what he called himself, he spent seven years gathering up every L.  Ron Hubbard copyright in sight. Then on 29 November 1993, less than two months  after the Church of Spiritual Technology (CST) was granted tax exemption by IRS,  Starkey transferred all the L. Ron Hubbard copyrights to CST, as is illustrated  below. (NOTE: The "License Agreements" illustrated between Starkey and  the Religious Technology Center (RTC) did not transfer actual ownership. The  other transactions shown in the chart do indicate transfer of ownership,  referred to as "assignment.")