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Is a movie resonsible for damages caused to unintentional (but undeniable) likenesses?
Say that a huge blockbuster movie mentions a made-up phone number (xxx) xxx-xxxx for the serial killer villain. Except, it turns out that that phone number is real and points to an ordinary Joe. That ...
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Can legal action be reasonably taken against someone spoiling your work?
Infamously, when the Fight Club was released, Rosie O'Donnell spoiled a huge plot point on her popular show. The movie hinges tremendously on the spoiler, and Rosie probably damaged the experience for ...
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Can legal action reasonably be taken against someone unsavory for endorsing your product/company?
Advertisers don't want their product/company associated with certain people/content. Which is why a lot of ads don't play on more controversial content (e.g. demonetized videos on Youtube).
But what ...
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Opinion vs Defamation [duplicate]
Alex Jones was fined over $1 billion for defaming Sandy Hook parents. I don't know the details, but I believe the essence of the case is that he claimed certain individuals were involved in a ...
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Legal response to vaccination misinformation?
With Dominion's defamation suit against Lindell et al, I got to thinking that companies making vaccines should have similar standing to sue prominent disseminators of vaccine misinformation. They can ...
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For showing a deceased person under a negative light, can you get sued for defamation by relatives of the person deceased?
Let's say you make a movie and you show a deceased person under a negative light, can you get sued successfully by his relatives, and does the success of a lawsuit get diminished if the movie is a ...
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When can you file a lawsuit against a "parody" website?
Hypothetically speaking, if someone were to make a website about 4 different lawyers and 2 different firms and promote it as a parody website using elements of breaking bad, better call saul, etc.
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Can the title/subject of my self-published novella get me sued?
I've written a novella entitled 'Regression Therapy' which I intend to self-publish. It's a black-comedy about a man who undergoes past life regression therapy and, well, it has negative consequences. ...
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How would the defendants in the McLibel case have more defenses in the U.S. than in the U.K
McDonald's sued two activists in Britain for libel, and won what I would consider a "mixed" verdict in the so-called McLibel case.
My understanding is that defendants in Britain have to prove ...
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Can I be sued for defamation for a text message I sent?
Here's a funny situation I've just found myself in. Over the past year I've been trying to disclose to a U.S. based organization details of the foreign organization they are supporting that indicate ...
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Is lying about a candidate protected speech in the United States?
Per Wikipedia:
False statements that are on matters of public concern and that defame
public figures are unprotected if either the speaker has knowledge
that his statements are false, there is ...
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