body: The title basic summarizes my question. Is a real life story subject to copyright by those who lived it? Or could someones create a book or movie about the history without contacting those who actually lived it?
  
  
  To make the question more concrete, consider the recent [soccer team rescue in a thai cave](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/thai-cave-rescue-boys-coach-safe-thailand-chiang-rai-a8445561.html) and some intentions to [create a movie](https://www.dw.com/en/thai-cave-rescue-drama-could-be-hollywoods-next-blockbuster/a-44645418) about it. Could potential movie producers create a movie about a football team trapped inside a cave for 18 days without contacting anyone (or their legal representatives)?
  
  
  
title: Is a real life story subject to copyright by those who lived it?