Parents of Soldiers Killed in Action Seek $40B From Anti-War Shirt Seller

FOX ^ | 05/01/08 | Unknown

[Froufrou]

A Tennessee couple who lost their son in Iraq want an Arizona merchant to pay more than $40 billion in damages to survivors of soldiers whose names are on the anti-war shirts he is selling online.

A complaint seeking class-action status for the lawsuit by Robin and Michael Read says Dan Frazier of Flagstaff has no right to profit from commercial sale of products that use the dead soldiers' names without permission.

[MCCRon58]

why is it when its the anti-war left, its free speech, but if its the conservative right, its hate-mongering?

[TommyDale]

I am torn on this one...

Part of me says that the guy should not profit from using the names, or any profits should go to the families.

The other part of me says First Amendment rights guarantee these slimebuckets the right to print the names.

[RepublitarianRoger2]

We think it will be clear that this is political expression and not done for profit

What? The guy was selling the shirts online. Even if he claims that the profits from the sales were to go to charity, it would obviously be some liberal charity and that would also be against the wishes of the soldier's family.

[contemplator]

I’d be amazed if a T-Shirt vendor could cough up $40 million, much less $40 billion. That said, I hope the court slaps him pretty hard though. To attempt to make a profit off of the names or images of war dead is reprehensible.

[Poetgal26]

I have wondered that myself many many many times

[Froufrou]

I don’t see how he can deny profit from the shirts. This will be interesting.

Now, if only it would keep Phelps and his ilk from the funerals...

[Bluegrass Conservative]

I’m with you. I disagree with what the guy is doing and I wish he would stop out of decency. However, I think he probably should have the right to do it.