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To: cyborg
Public figure - she has no case. You can say whatever you want about a public figure in the US and that person has no recourse.
23 posted on 12/08/2003 11:12:42 AM PST by thoughtomator (The U.N. is a terrorist organization)
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To: thoughtomator
Public figure - she has no case. You can say whatever you want about a public figure in the US and that person has no recourse.

It's not a question of them saying something about her, but rather using her name to sell records. That's a commercial infringement, and what the suit is apparently about.

89 posted on 12/08/2003 7:44:02 PM PST by El Gato (Federal Judges can twist the Constitution into anything.. Or so they think.)
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