You don't know me... Found your name on ginmars wall... But given the hell you have been/are going through with this one, I figured I'd at least pipe up to say, I agree with you.
I haven't read the other comments, I don't intend to, but I imagine they're objecting on the grounds that it is 'fiction'. Well, if it's 'fiction' then there's really no reason to use that person's real name. If you want to write about fucking Brad Pitt in a Jacuzzi somewhere, why not just write about 'Mr. Smith' (Mr. & Mrs. Smith) or perhaps his slightly more shifty character in Oceans 11? There's no need to put HIS NAME on there.
Names are personal property. In some cultures, names are sacred. In a past history it was believed to know someone's name was to have power over them, to be in possession of a part of their soul. They are not public property.
Regardless of how many movie posters, novels, TV shows, or magazines a persons name appears in, it doesn't make it any less private property. Improper use of a persons name in print is known simply for one word: libel. Especially if it is implicating that person in an unflattering light.
And for my final point: Would you like it if someone did it to you? To your mother? To your husband? Or to your child? How well would it sit with YOU to know some woman was graphically fantasizing and salivating over YOUR husband, or someone you love? Yes, maybe some people don't give a damn if you do it to them, it still doesn't make it right. People need to really THINK before they decide what they're doing is okay.
Well, that's my say. Thank You for hearing me out. *tips hat in respect, and slips out the way I came in*
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Date: 2005-03-18 07:59 am (UTC)I haven't read the other comments, I don't intend to, but I imagine they're objecting on the grounds that it is 'fiction'. Well, if it's 'fiction' then there's really no reason to use that person's real name. If you want to write about fucking Brad Pitt in a Jacuzzi somewhere, why not just write about 'Mr. Smith' (Mr. & Mrs. Smith) or perhaps his slightly more shifty character in Oceans 11? There's no need to put HIS NAME on there.
Names are personal property. In some cultures, names are sacred. In a past history it was believed to know someone's name was to have power over them, to be in possession of a part of their soul. They are not public property.
Regardless of how many movie posters, novels, TV shows, or magazines a persons name appears in, it doesn't make it any less private property. Improper use of a persons name in print is known simply for one word: libel. Especially if it is implicating that person in an unflattering light.
And for my final point: Would you like it if someone did it to you? To your mother? To your husband? Or to your child? How well would it sit with YOU to know some woman was graphically fantasizing and salivating over YOUR husband, or someone you love? Yes, maybe some people don't give a damn if you do it to them, it still doesn't make it right. People need to really THINK before they decide what they're doing is okay.
Well, that's my say. Thank You for hearing me out. *tips hat in respect, and slips out the way I came in*