Originally posted by
Csilenne Rodhan on 6-26-2005 10:21 PM:
Contacting Estates!Question: Let's say I wanted to get permission from a family estate to write about someone in their family- do I
really need legal representaion? Is it
really that necessay? I mean I only intend to tell the complete truth about the person. I also feel that fabricating their story would be wrong. So do I
really need a lawyer?
Posted by
ScriptNurse on 6-27-2005 6:40 AM:
I'm no expert on legal issues, but it seems to me that if your research is based on public information and/or interviews with people with first-hand knowledge, you can pretty much do as you please. However, if any of the information is speculation ... you leave yourself wide-open.
I found this reference:
http://www.thestage.co.uk/connect/eagle/0511.phpThis is
WATCH (Writers, Artists, and Their Copyright Holders):
http://tyler.hrc.utexas.edu/Keep in mind that if any material is already protected by an existing copyright, you
MUST have permission from the copyright owner to use the material.
