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From: "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl@KeithLynch.net>
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Subject: Re: MT VOID, 10/18/24 -- Vol. 43, No. 16, Whole Number 2350 [a little late]
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 03:29:56 -0000 (UTC)
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Hal Heydt wrote:
> Dorothy was once told, by someone in the business, that the sole and
> exclusive purpopse of a studio Research Department was to answer
> one--and only one--question:  Can this get us sued?

I'd think that for historical fiction, the answer is always no.  Under
our system, nobody can sue when a dead person is defamed.

Otherwise, the heirs of Gus Grissom would have sued the producers of
The Right Stuff into the poorhouse.
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