Don't Mess With Woody!
Woody Allen is suing clothing company American Apparel for $10 million(!!!!) in compensatory and punitive damages for using his image on Internet ads and billboards.
$10 million is enough to keep his wife/former daughter happy for a very long time! Facials and frappucinos aplenty!
In federal court Monday, Allen said he never endorses services or commercials products in the United States, making the ads "especially egregious and damaging."
According to the Associated Press, the suit is over some billboards that appeared in Hollywood, New York, and online back in May 2007.
The image on the ads is that of Allen, taken from a scene in Annie Hall, showing him dressed as a Hasidic Jew with a long beard and black hat. The text on the billboard is in Yiddish and means 'The Holy Rebbe'.
Allen claims he was never contacted by American Apparel and never allowed the use of his image. He says the billboard falsely implies that he sponsors American Apparel.
In the lawsuit, Allen is described as among the most influential figures in the history of American film and accuses American Apparel of "blatant misappropriation and commercial use of [his] image."
What was American Apparel thinking in the first place????
Would seeing Woody Allen on a billboard really persuade you to buy clothes?
[Image via WENN.]
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Re: la-la –
Drea agrees.
i live on the lower east side in new york near the american apparel and the big billboard on houston street and i remember that ad. it was only up for like a couple days before it got taken down and it was just so confusing because it had absolutely nothing to do with american apparel.
Woody Allen is a child molestor! Anyone who raises a child as his own her entire life and then cheats on his wife with his daughter and then marries the daughter is still a child molestor! I don't understand why people still support this child rapist??? Why? Because he's famous?? Monster should be in prison!
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I encourage everyone to vandalize Woody's wikidpedia page.
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I uesed to be a big Woody Allen fan but when he started to sleep with his daughter and became a grandpa/dad, that was it. HE IS A FUCK&*&%%$$#$ PERVERT!!!!
What was American Apparel thinking? They knew that all of the free publicity they would get from such a stunt would more than make up for the 10 mil invevitably lost in a lawsuit. And they still get Woody on the billboard! Whenever a company blatantly uses an image of a celebrity without permission, only to get sued shortly after, they are doing it for publicity. They know exactly what they are doing.
Re: Claire Randall – Did he molest a child? No? Then i'm pretty sure he's not a child molestor.
Re: Motor Home Police – Hey, I heard you had naked pictures of teens. Is it true? Probably not. Most things you "hear" aren't.