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Legal threat to non-fiction titles
http://www.thebookseller.com/news/98677-legal-threat-to-non-fiction-titles.html
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Smaller companies cannot afford to fight 'dubious' cases- which in court they might have won- as the financial risk of losing is horrendous.
You could have something in a book that was fair comment/or could be proved in a court of law, but why take the risk of someone taking it to court for money=don't publish in the first place.
Thankfully, I am not a non-fiction writer. But not good for those who are. Wouldn't surprise me if it spilled into fiction though.