Fictitious persons disclaimer

[2] The film began with a claim that "This concerns the destruction of an empire ... A few of the characters are still alive—the rest met death by violence."

In America, fictional works are already heavily protected under the First Amendment, and success of libel suits is rare, with a high burden of proof.

Robert B. Kelly was awarded damages in 1948 for a negative depiction in the World War II movie They Were Expendable.

[1] An additional example was the 1980 film The Idolmaker, based on a fictional talent promoter who discovers a talentless teenage boy and turns him into a manufactured star.

But I can tell you this; as my journey through the pharmaceutical jungle progressed, I came to realize that, by comparison with the reality, my story was as tame as a holiday postcard.

The novel Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut features a truncated version of the disclaimer: "All persons, living and dead, are purely coincidental, and should not be construed", referring to the novel's existentialist themes.

In response to controversies over cultural appropriation and the use of an indigenous term, Filipino television network ABS-CBN used a special disclaimer in the 2018 fantaserye Bagani, maintaining that the series takes place in an alternate fantasy universe inspired by, but unrelated to, pre-colonial Philippines and is in no way intended to trivialize or misrepresent tribal groups: "Ang kuwentong inyong mapapanood ay kathang-isip lamang at kumuha ng inspirasyon mula sa iba’t ibang alamat at mitolohiyang Pilipino.