“Can an LLC protect me from getting sued?”
“I’ve written a book that contains lots of stories about people I’ve know. A friend told me to set up an LLC and then can’t get sued. Is this true?”
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Think Someone Copied Your Book? You Might Be Wrong by Harvey Randall, Esq.
Think someone copied the theme of your book? This article may save you thousands in legal fees.
Q – Can You Claim to Have “Channeled” Deceased Celebrities in Your Book?
I received an email from a woman who claims to have written a book about her channeled conversations with deceased celebrities. Whether you believe in channeling (a two-way conversation between the living and the dead) or not is irrelevant…
Copyright Infringement or Plagiarism…or BOTH?
Entire sections of the book contained information taken from websites but no websites or writers were given credit. So, is this copyright infringement or plagiarism? In this case…
“Can I still get sued by someone I wrote about in my book if I give away copies instead of selling them?”
“I would want 20-30 copies for personal use and distribution but I do not want to make it available for sale to the general public. I use real examples from my career and real names…”
How to Instantly Lose Your Entire Website? Buy Website Design/Hosting Services from a Crappy Publisher!
Dog Ear Publishing author lost his publisher AND the website HE paid for!
An Author’s Occupational Hazard: Being Sued for Libel or Defamation by Harvey Randall, Esq.
If the court finds that the offending statement constitutes opinion, it is not actionable.
Copyright Infringement ENTRAPMENT? Yes, it happens!
I can’t think of a more creative way to entrap someone for copyright infringement. Well, yes I can but I’m not going to give any mean people reading this any ideas…
Dog Ear Publishing Is GOING OUT OF BUSINESS
WritersWeekly has obtained a copy of an email sent out by Dog Ear Publishing dated May 21, 2020…
I Wrote a Fiction Series About Dead Celebrities. I Can’t Get Sued, Right?
If you want to go bankrupt from legal fees then, by all means, write about celebrities, and try to profit from their names.