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Topic : Re: Legalities about fictionalizing current events? What are the legalities of taking something currently in the news and writing a story/novel/movie (but not a documentary/biography) about it? Take - selfpublishingguru.com

Kevin153

: Re: Legalities about fictionalizing current events? What are the legalities of taking something currently in the news and writing a story/novel/movie (but not a documentary/biography) about it? Take

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Here's a story of a ruling that could (inadvertently?) affect the use of actual people (or characters who merely resemble actual people):
io9.com/this-court-ruling-could-wreck-the-future-of-realistic-s-995447426

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