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This is essentially a question of libel. Is what you say about these athletes libelous or not. The laws governing libel different from one country to another, so it is impossible to give a definiti...
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2020-01-03T20:41:54Z (over 4 years ago)
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2019-12-08T06:44:23Z (over 4 years ago)
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2019-12-08T06:44:23Z (over 4 years ago)
This is essentially a question of libel. Is what you say about these athletes libelous or not. The laws governing libel different from one country to another, so it is impossible to give a definitive answer as to whether what you propose is libelous or not. Also, libel is not in the general concept, but in the execution. You can only tell if a work is libelous by looking at the specific work, and then only really once a court decides the case. But there is another impediment to publishing this kind of thing, which is known as libel chill. Publishers (and this includes companies that provide self publishing platforms, like Amazon) do not want to get embroiled in a lawsuit over a work that is probably only making them a few bucks at best. Therefore they are unlikely to accept anything that looks even remotely like libel, especially if the person in question is a famous person with a deep bank account and a large twitter following.
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2017-07-07T23:05:51Z (almost 7 years ago)
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