Allen originally sued American Apparel last year for $10 million, claiming the company didn't have permission to use his likeness in a 2007 advertising campaign which depicted him as a Hasidic Jew along with Yiddish text meaning "the holy rebbe." The image American Apparel used was a doctored shot from his Oscar-winning movie Annie Hall.
How do you harm someone’s “good name” when the persons name in question married his own adopted daughter?
What a freak.
One comment from the EW.com news story sums this up:
Jerk-o Mon, May 18, 2009 at 01:30 PM EST
American Apparel stole a copyrighted image of Woody Allen, who has a right of publicity (ie he can choose what his image is used for and should be paid for it). They then threatened to smear him in an effort to lower the licensing fee. That’s extortion, pure and simple. Then they had the gall to claim they were being victimized and their right to free expression was at stake, which is a total crock. AA’s case was so lame and wrong that their own insurance company forced them to settle against their will, and the CEO’s even carping about that. Yeesh.
A suggestion for J. Robinson.
Could we get a backroom called who gives a sh*t?
WGAS.
Somewhere to post these kind of stories.
How could this perverted POS possibly have his "reputation" damaged?
Piss poor headline. American Apparel settles with Woody Allen for 5 million is more like it.
American Apparel: dopes.