Posted on 07/26/2004 8:39:03 AM PDT by Former Military Chick
A few days after Michael Moore's blockbuster documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 opened in theaters, a friend approached Roy Mitchell with a strange look on his face.
Mitchell, an Army staff sergeant, is a patient at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, where he is recovering from the loss of his left leg in an explosion in Afghanistan. As the friend approached him that day, he studied Mitchell's face, then told him something that shocked him.
"You're in that 9/11 movie," he said, then added: "Man, it doesn't make you look good."
It was the first Mitchell knew that Moore's controversial documentary, which has played to record-setting audiences, had used film of him to help make its case against President George W. Bush and the war in Iraq.
(Excerpt) Read more at baltimoresun.com ...
Their image was used without their permission.
They should sue for a portion of the movies profits.
Moore is an enmy to this nation and its foundational moral principles. He is beneath cpontempt.
FIT hitting the SHAN.............................................
In MI, you are told that your words WILL be taken out of context, twisted, and made unrecognizable. The over-arching principle is "Do not talk to the media unless you absolutely have to, and then say only the minimum possible."
Never volunteer anything to the media whores. This poor NCO found that out, as did the Blackhawk mech. That poor soul lost his arms changing a tire on his bird. But I suppose that was Bush's fault, too.
Maybe they can get John Edwards to represent them. Supposedly the film has grossed over 100 million...
FULL STORY HERE..............................Cause I know ya don't want to sign up.....
http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/movies/bal-to.soldier24jul24,0,2786252.story?coll=ny-entertainment-headlines
I can not imagine how much a jury would award a disabled US soldier that sued the fat man. But if it was in the public domain, it could be that he had every right to use the footage?
It looks like a trend is developing here with Michael the Hutt using whatever film he wants, and the people involved be damned!
There has to be an attorney out there someplace who will take this case pro-bono and sue the hell out of the Hutt!
I suggested a class action suit as well but another Freeper pointed out individual suits would have much greater affect. Drip, Drip, Drip. I like that strategy.
That's the point: it's NOT in the public domain. It amounts to invasion of privacy if the subject is not informed of the intended use of the footage.
Obviously, Moore should be required to excerpt like we are. :)
That's not my understanding of the situation.
The soldier freely made his comments to the media, and I as read it, the media outlet is free to sell that footage to whosoever they choose, as they own the footage.
I'd bet the realities of the situation are on the release that he signed prior to doing the interview.
They should sue the pants off of Moore over this
I think it is in the public domain if these soldiers appeared on a news broadcast, as is said in the story. However, there may be a way to sue since MM may have defamed them by twisting their statements around by context.
If this film was a news documentary (yeah, right), then MAYBE it's okay. But typically permission is still sought for anyone whose image or words appears in such a work.
"I think it is in the public domain if these soldiers appeared on a news broadcast, as is said in the story. However, there may be a way to sue since MM may have defamed them by twisting their statements around by context."
It isn't in public domain. The news company who did the interview owns the footage. No one, including Micheal Moore, can use it without permission from the owner. Moore presumably paid for the rights. Unfortunately, the soldier has no say in the matter. People who do free interviews for news organizations are stupid. He should have kept his mouth shut, or at least been more careful about what he said.
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