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1/10/08, 9:21 am

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writing about famous people

I have an idea to write a trivia book about famous dead people. Can I legally do this, and use pictures of them, without permission?

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Re: writing about famous people you can write the book about them, but the pictures require that you obtain permission f...

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Jonathan Roth

Re: writing about famous people Your idea triggers certain statutory restrictions and limitations under the Copyright Ac...

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Craig J. Tiedemann

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