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Is It Nom de Plume or Nickname in Mississippi Bill
A Mississippi Senate bill proposes making it actionable per se to publish a nom de plume or any different name than the real name of a newspaper employee if prior written notice of the real name was given. The column debates whether nicknames and pseudonyms are enforceable and cites many famous examples to illustrate potential problems.
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Aston
Mississippi
Senate
State OF
Mr. Webster
Frank Harper
Peachtree
Farger
Jonathan Chapman
Johnny Appleseed
Henry Clay
Lst
Jerry” Simpson
Kansas
Peoples
Ben’ Tillman
South Carolina
Blississippi
Samuel L. Clemens
Mark Twain
Edward Zane Carrol Judson
Ned Buntline
Wiliam Sidney Porter
O_ Henry
Willard Huntington Wright
George S Chappell
Dickran Kouyoumjian
S. van Dine
Walter E. Trapreck
Michael Arlen
Eli Perkins
Josh Billings
Artemus Ward
Bill Arp
Petroleum V. Nasby
John Phoenix
Abe Martin
Melville D. Landon
Henry W. Shaw
Charles F. Browne
Charles Henry Smith
David R. Locke
George Horatio Derby
Kin Hubbard
Joseph Kenrad Korzeniewski
Joseph Conrad
Minnie Mackay
Marie Corelli
Ray Stannard Baker
David Grayson
Jacques Anatole Thibault
Anatole France
Mary Evans Cross
George Eliot
Mice French
Octave Thanet
Louise de la Ramee
Ouida
White
Gabby” Hartnett
Rowe
Dizzy
Dean
Slingin
Sam” Baugh
Christy Mathawson
Matty
George Herman Ruth
Babe
Bambino
Swat
Tyrus Raymond Cobb
Old Roman
Miracle Man
Muggsy
Frank L. Chance
Charles Comiskey
George Stallings
John J. M. Graw
Cornelius McGillicndd
Connie Mack
Rabbit” Meranville
Rajah
Hornsby
Hack’ Wilsom
Chief Bender
Harold Grange
Gridiron Sory
Four Horsemen
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