Karen GoatKeeper's Blog - Posts Tagged "permissions"
I Don"t Understand Why
Capri Capers is done, as done as I will probably ever get it. That left me adding those extra pages such as author's notes and acknowledgements.
There were a number of things I didn't know enough about as I wrote Capri Capers. So I asked various people. Many were kind enough to answer my questions.
These are the people I would like to thank in the acknowledgements. Simple? No.
I do not buy lottery tickets so I went to a local convenience store to find out about them. The personnel were very nice. Yet I am forbidden to mention the name of the store as the company will not allow such mentions.
My road rally draft has a road rally car in it. I talked with rally enthusiasts, looked online and found the car for Ridge to drive. Except the company forbids me from naming their car in my story.
These companies are not insulted in my stories. These companies are not held accountable for anything in my stories.
This doesn't matter. The company names can not be used or I violate their trademark and can be sued.
All you authors out there, take note. Those big box stores may not want you to use their names in your novel. Naming products may get you into trouble.
How these mentions hurt these companies, I do not know or understand. All I know for sure is that I must now check with other places to be sure and then rewrite my acknowledgements.
There were a number of things I didn't know enough about as I wrote Capri Capers. So I asked various people. Many were kind enough to answer my questions.
These are the people I would like to thank in the acknowledgements. Simple? No.
I do not buy lottery tickets so I went to a local convenience store to find out about them. The personnel were very nice. Yet I am forbidden to mention the name of the store as the company will not allow such mentions.
My road rally draft has a road rally car in it. I talked with rally enthusiasts, looked online and found the car for Ridge to drive. Except the company forbids me from naming their car in my story.
These companies are not insulted in my stories. These companies are not held accountable for anything in my stories.
This doesn't matter. The company names can not be used or I violate their trademark and can be sued.
All you authors out there, take note. Those big box stores may not want you to use their names in your novel. Naming products may get you into trouble.
How these mentions hurt these companies, I do not know or understand. All I know for sure is that I must now check with other places to be sure and then rewrite my acknowledgements.
