Legal Question in Intellectual Property in South Carolina

Wrote Book About My Employer and Work Experience

I was a salesman for 1 year at a prominent new car dealer and wrote a non-fiction expose book about my experiences there, both about my co-workers and our customers. I just mailed in the copyright papers, but have not formally published it yet. I want to show it to my old boss, along with a short cover letter, to have him read it. Questions: Would he be able to sue me for slander? As an alternative, can I offer for sale the copyright to the book without criminal liabilities or implications such as extortion or blackmail, which it is not intended to be? Could this be a straight out business deal between the two parties?


Asked on 5/08/06, 10:59 am

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David Anderson Anderson Business Law LLC

Re: Wrote Book About My Employer and Work Experience

I would want to see the cover letter before answering. WHy would you be concerned about extortion or blackmail? Are you threatening to release the book unless you receive some $$ or other arrangement? Then yes, you could be liable.

If no misstatement of facts are in the book, you need not worry about slander, but every smart author has a legal advisor before releasing a "smear" or "tell all" book.

Just makes sense from a preventative standpoint.

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Answered on 5/08/06, 2:29 pm


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