Today's New York Times has an article that contains this passage: ----- Is it permissible, to put it plainly, for a composer, playwright, filmmaker or whomever to alter, tweak or fictionalize a story for artistic ends? Inevitably, the distortions will infuriate those who are in the know or were personally affected. ----- This question is not resolved, of course, in the article. I mention this solely to point out that things may not be as clear-cut as the post below suggests. --Dan
On Nov 20, 2014, at 12:40 PM, Dave Dyer <ddyer@real-me.net> wrote:
I just hope there's some party with legal standing to challenge them in court who does so.
#1) Hollywood movies are works of fiction. What part of "fiction" do you not understand?
#2) Dead people do not have standing to defend their reputations. They're rather hard to cross examine.