[stylist] Autobiography and getting sued

[The Crowd]

Thanks folks for your input.

Atty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bridgit Pollpeter" <bpollpeter at hotmail.com>
To: <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2012 10:17 PM
Subject: [stylist] Autobiography and getting sued


> Sometimes authors will change names to protect people, or if material is
> of a sensitive nature, they may change names as well. Some people don't
> want to be recognized by name, so a writer will make up a name for said
> person in this situation. There are many reasons why an author may
> change the names of people, but this is not necessarily because it's
> illegal to use real names without permission.
>
> Sincerely,
> Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
> Read my blog at:
> http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/
>
> "History is not what happened; history is what was written down."
> The Expected One- Kathleen McGowan
>
> Message: 25
> Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2012 14:41:39 -0800
> From: vejas <brlsurfer at gmail.com>
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> All I know is that the author in one of the memoirs I read
> changed all the names except that of her sisters.
> Vejas
>
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