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Old 08-05-2007, 06:30 PM
Quicksilvre Quicksilvre is offline
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Default Re: Porn star uses friends name - libel or not?

Is the forum bugging out? I hope it's not just me.

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Quick:

Those are my thoughts.

However, in a libel case, the point is that you're trying to malciciously ruin someone's reputation .

So, the argument in court here would mostly be:
1. Is she actually trying to harm her name?
2. Is using someone's name an act of harming them?

I obviously can't speak for #1, but I think #2 is a no.

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I don't think #1 can be proven either. In the TSG piece the porn star stated she choose the name for its distinctiveness--which it has. Also, she took the middle and last name. I would think that she would have taken the first and last names if she was looking to do harm.
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