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What are the copyright laws on writing books about living artists?
I was wondering if I wanted to write, illustrate, and publish children's books that is about an artist and their life (their journey as a child to an adult but in a simple whimsical childlike story), ...
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I am an author that wrote a biography on a singer. Do I need to get permission to turn the book into a screenplay?
I am an author who wrote a biography on a singer. I want to turn the book into a screenplay. Do I have to get permission from the singer to do this?
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My autobiography is exciting, but I'm an unknown. Should I make it a novel instead?
I've kept diaries all my life and now have over 100...which I've recently started turning into an autobiography - where some of the original diary quotes are included along with the new text.
I ...
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Can I write about an old and real person that is strongly related to a company?
I'm thinking about Henri Nestlé, born in 1814 and deceased in 1890. He was the founder of the company with the same name, located in Vevey (Switzerland).
He is going to be a not-so-important ...
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Legal and Social effect of story involving real life people
I have written a novel based on my past life experiences, however the story involves a few people who might not like the idea of getting their stories published. What is the legal and social effects ...
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How can one write about illegal deeds without getting into trouble?
What is some good advice for writing about things done, in an autobiographical sense, that may have been or still are illegal?
For example, smoking or buying marijuana is illegal in many countries, ...
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