Stories of Tie Up Games

Jason Toddman wrote: ↑6 years ago If you are writing about a famous person who actually exists, I would suggest using a made-up last name instead of his real one to avoid complications. If someone Googling his name wound up finding your story, it could complicate things for him and therefore you. As in lawsuit.
A good compromise would be to make a variation of his name like satires do; one close enough to be recognizable as his but different enough not to trigger any alarms. Say you were writing about game show host Steve Harvey as an example; in the story you could call him Steve Harley or Steve Carvey instead. That way, even of Steve Harvey himself saw the story, he couldn't really object to it. And chances of trouble would be reduced to zero.

Mouthless wrote: ↑6 years ago You cannot get sued for fan fiction that you don’t profit from.

Pup wrote: ↑6 years ago

Mouthless wrote: ↑6 years ago You cannot get sued for fan fiction that you don’t profit from.

You can, it's happened in the past where owners of intellectual property have sued fan fiction writers. (Usually the website hosting the writing just takes it down to avoid potential legal trouble though.)

Though the problem in this case would likely be more to do with potential libel and slander I guess? Not sure what it would fall under.

Mouthless wrote: ↑6 years ago And suing someone doesn’t mean you’re actually going to win any kind of lawsuit. Nobody is going to sue someone on an obscure TUGs site. People here seem a bit paranoid, as if Steve Harvey is somehow going to find this tiny site.

Mouthless wrote: ↑6 years ago You cannot get sued for fan fiction that you don’t profit from.

Jason Toddman wrote: ↑6 years ago

Mouthless wrote: ↑6 years ago You cannot get sued for fan fiction that you don’t profit from.

You can if it's fan fiction about a real person, but i see this has already been pointed out so I won't add to it. Except to add that this is why all movies, TV shows, comic books, and all other fictional media always have a disclaimer that all resemblances to actual persons living or dead is purely coincidental. Even those that feature actors playing themselves. Even the old radio programs before TV often did this after every program.
And Steve Harvey was simply the first person to pop into my head as an example. Solarbeast never said who he was actually planning to write about.
Moreover, even a failed lawsuit involving this site would be disastrous - for this site And that was and is a major concern.
Even if the fiction depicts the actual person in a uniformly positive light that was universally perceived as such, it's not a good idea.
But also although fanfics of fictional characters are less problematic they are not 100% safe either if a valid copyright is still in place. I myself have posted online a fanfic of my own about the original Jonny Quest. I couldn't be sued for money as it is not only non-profit but also a light parody in places (such as pointing out places where events in the original series are highly improbable or racist), but I could still be sued to have it taken down if Warner Brothers (owners of the current copyright) heard about it and objected to it.
only fictional charactwrs so long estabished that they are now in the public domain are completely safe. Sherlock Holmes for example.

Mouthless wrote: ↑6 years ago Time Warner violates fair use laws all the time. Then abusing copyright laws with takedown notices does not mean it’s illegal or that you can be sued.

dragonmp93 wrote: ↑6 years ago You know, i wonder how sites like Fanfiction.net and Archive of our own exist ?, i mean under what kind of laws.