[stylist] Using Names of People You Know When Writing

[debby]

Well, Vejas, beogically there's no way to block the use of names. If that were the case, nobody could write anything. There are lots of people that have a mi.le, or nickname.Y could use mine. There are lots of people in the phone book with similar or same names.    Debby

On Oct 27, 2016 12:55 PM, Vejas Vasiliauskas via stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Hi, 
> One of my friends once told me that it violates copyright to  use the names of people you know in your writing, so it would not be legal if I wanted to write a story with characters named Bridgit, Chris, Jackie and Lynda, for example. Do you know  if this is true? 
> I know that if I actually wanted to write about a writing group similar to Stylist and have characters similar to yours, I would change the names. 
> Vejas 
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