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Within reason, if the name itself is not already instantly recognizable (Bart Simpson, Lara Croft, James Bond), you can probably get away with using it. "Trent Steele" may be generic enough. Simi...
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2019-12-13T12:00:36Z (over 4 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added
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2019-12-08T05:14:45Z (over 4 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
Within reason, if the name itself is not already instantly recognizable (Bart Simpson, Lara Croft, James Bond), you can probably get away with using it. "Trent Steele" may be generic enough. Similarly, there are only so many variants and arrangements of _organization_ and _darkness,_ so whatever you come up with has probably been used or alluded to elsewhere. In order to avoid charges of plaigiarism, make sure your Mr. Steele and Brotherhood are different enough from the ones you Google that readers would not easily confuse them. You might do this by changing your character's gender and/or race, and making your organization's name less mustache-twirlingly evil.
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2016-05-05T12:31:44Z (almost 8 years ago)
Original score: 4