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If you know the name is of a living person, you must get that person's permission to use their name and/or character. If you merely suspect that it is a real person's name, your best course of action would be to add a disclaimer at the beginning of your novel stating that all characters are fictitious & not intended to represent any person, living or dead.
I want to use the name of a teenager name Trayvon Martin who was killed in my book I am writing and I want to know do I need permission from his parents who i do not know personally.
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 9y agoPermission is typically not necessary to use real life people's names unless quoting specific sources. The name of the person that is used has more than one person with the same name somewhere so it would be next to impossible to hold someone accountable for.
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Do you need the permission of the US Navy to use the name of a ship in a novel?
yess .
Do you need permission from a famous person to refer to them in a novel and do you need permission from the owners of a restaurant to refer to the restaurant in a novel?
Yes you do
Do you need written permission to drive another persons car in Maryland?
No you don't. Simple oral permission will suffice.
Is Dracula in public domain and do I need permission to use the name helsing in a novel the title being The Helsing Hunter?
The 19th century novel "Dracula" is in the public domain, and short phrases such as names are not protected by copyright.
If you publish someones name in a book do you need written permission from that person?
Depends who you are writing about! If it's my Mum, then yes! You will need f*****g permission!!
How impressive do you find the moral and religious elements in this novel?
We would need the name of the novel to respond to this question.
What would you name a really creepy building I need a name for an evil persons warehouse?
Vincendio
Do you need both parents permission to change your name if your mom has full custody and approves?
No
When do you need permission to copy?
I need permission to copy when I'm at school.
How do you get permission from a NFL team to use their trademark?
Assuming you even need permission (which is not always true), you can contact the NFL for information about the requirements for your use. Many uses do not require any permission at all, depending upon which mark and how it is to be used. For example, the name of the team is a trademark, but you would not need permission to simply put that name into a list of names, or other description of the team, for example.
Can a 15-year-old girl marry an 18-year-old boy in West Virginia with or without parents' permission?
by reading and visiting onlinelegalcenter.com it is said that you must have both parents consent in order to get married under the age of 18 in west virginia. No. Persons under the age of 18 need parental consent to marry. Persons under the age of 16 need permission from the superior court to marry.
What steps must be taken to have copyright permission to write a musical on Lorna Doone?
If you are basing it solely on the 1869 novel, no permission is required. If you intend to include elements peculiar to later adaptations such as films, you will need to contact their rightsholders in writing. But anything in later adaptations that is also in the original work would not require permission.
