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Using a real place in a negative way

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Verbena17 · 17/11/2023 00:22

Hi
So my story uses a not well-known of, but extremely important government owned business but the main plot of my story means that the actual purpose of that place was actually not the reason it was built.

As an example, imagine the French owned Louvre museum wasn’t actually built as a museum/art gallery but as a system of tunnels for child trafficking. Then the museum story was used as a cover for the trafficking.

Now this isn’t the plot of my story but I’m using a similar place (less famous) for a similar (but different) thing. The plot will be that the place wasn’t actually built for the purpose everyone thinks it was built for but as a cover for the bad thing that it was used for.

How do i stand legally doing that? Do I simply explain that it’s a work of fiction and the places used were only used as fictitious backdrops etc…?

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KnickerlessParsons · 17/11/2023 01:48

Dan Brown did it and he isn't in prison as far as I know.

Verbena17 · 17/11/2023 10:28

Yes you’re right and I think there was some legal stuff that went on or questioning or something. I’ll have a google. Thanks.

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