She’s my friend so she won’t sue me for what I wrote about her, right?
We’ve heard of family members suing authors for what was written, even when names were changed.
libel
Public Figure Protection?; Food Magazine “Cancels” Beef; MSNBC Host Accused of Libel – In The News: 04/29/2021
Cop Tells His Side of Breonna Taylor Shooting / Publisher gets Heat; Bezos Bye Bye Letter; IDF Accuses MSNBC Host of Libel; Is Google’s “FLoC” tracking YOU?; Author become amateur detective; Twitter bows to foreign government (of course); Reporter shot in her own home
The Life of an Amazon Driver; Suing Amazon as a Small Book Retailer; and MORE! … In the News 04/01/2021
MORE: Australia’s AG Sues ABC; Harper Collins AND author sued: Copyright victim given the shaft by a judge; and Arts mag Artforum settles retaliation lawsuit by employee
Cuomo’s Publisher Halts Support; Judge Slams Defamation Protection; Penguin/S&S Merger Spells Trouble …In the News – 03/25/2021
Amazon Drivers Must Consent to “Biometric” Cameras; “Medium” Paring Down Editorial Staff; and Star Wars Author not Receiving Royalties
Amazon Copies Products?; Social Media Employees Threatened with Jail; Teen Vogue Editor Under Fire; And MORE …In the News – 03/11/2021
Government’s Wall of Silence on Border; HuffPo Employees Lose Jobs in Buyout; Fashion Designers Sue Fashion Bloggers over Defamation – And MORE!
BLOGGERS BEWARE: Re-writing “News” Can Get You Sued…for Libel
Some bloggers are News Rewriters and they, too, can be held liable if they distribute incorrect information (libel, defamation, and invasion of privacy)…
“Can I publish somebody else’s old journal/diary?”
“I am in possession of a journal that was published in the 1940’s. Is something like this publishable?”
Amazon Withheld Vaccine Assistance Until Trump Left; Rioters Target Reporters??; and MUCH MORE – In The News – 01/22/2021
Amazon selling products promoting violence against certain groups; Woman gets 43-year prison sentence for insulting king; Rioters targeting journalists??; and the man who kept C.S. Lewis’s legacy alive.
The Law That Didn’t Anticipate Social Media Sites Killing Journalism – …In the News 01/07/2021
NYT accused of publishing communist China propaganda; US newsrooms continue to bleed journalists; Court fight over media access to cour cases; Twitter sued by computer repair shop owner; Woman find herself the object of elaborate fictional narrative/video posted online; and Court says libelous statements can’t be hidden from public
Journalism Student Identified In Assaults?; More Book Bans in CA Schools; AND MORE! In The News – 11/19/2020
Didn’t Watch the Movie – Waiting on the Book!; Will Simon and Schuster be Bought?; New Demand for Storytelling Podcasts; Did a News Article Drive Cryptocurrency Value Down??