Possibly dumbass law question
| Sat, Dec 3 2011 07:20pm GMT 1 |
Captain Morgan
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In your newsroom-set novel, a little drama comes from a reporter
misspelling ‘Gok Wann’ as ‘Gook Wan’ and the paper going to print.
Could anyone get in trouble with Mr Wann’s lawyers if the novel was
ever published?
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| Sat, Dec 3 2011 08:06pm GMT 2 |
Barb
270 Posts
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It's more what you say about people, rather than mentioning their
name in passing. If you had written in your story that Gok had done
x with y, then you may have a problem.
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| Sat, Dec 3 2011 08:24pm GMT 3 |
Captain Morgan
149 Posts
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That’s reassuring – just thought it might be a problem because
‘Gook’ is about as offensive as it gets when it comes to East
Asians...
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