Defamation

Pilfering News Events For Your Fiction – Is it Legal?

By Matt Knight • January 7, 2017 September 12, 2017 • Content Theft, Defamation, Fair Use, Plagiarism

Over the holiday, Kristin from Florida asked if she could use a current news story in her fiction without being sued. This question arises often and in various permutations, like writing about relatives, celebrities, politicians, …

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Defamation lawsuit avoiding libel in fiction

Defamation? It’s the truth, I SWEAR! — How to Avoid Libel in Fiction

By Matt Knight • August 13, 2016 August 16, 2016 • Defamation

Whether writing fiction or memoirs, we writers are constantly encouraged by the literary community to mine our own experiences, relationships, and observations for writing material. As I write this post, the old adage “write what …

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