Judge Rejects Soldier's Suit Over "Fahrenheit 9/11"

[Cheney Killed Bambi]

A federal judge threw out an Iraq war veteran's lawsuit Wednesday that claimed filmmaker Michael Moore used a clip from a television interview without the veteran's permission to falsely portray him as anti-war in "Fahrenheit 9/11."

Sgt. Peter Damon, a National Guardsman, was seeking $85 million, claiming "loss of reputation, emotional distress, embarrassment, and personal humiliation" due to his appearance in Moore's 2004 documentary criticizing the Bush administration and the war in Iraq.

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U.S. District Judge Douglas Woodlock ruled immediately, and threw out the lawsuit. He said anyone watching Damon's brief appearance in the film would not believe Damon shared the anti-war and anti-Bush views that Moore expresses in him film. Woodlock also agreed Moore did not defame Damon by showing a brief clip from an interview he did on NBC Nightly News. He said the First Amendment gives Moore wide leeway in expressing his political opinion in his films.

http://www.nylawyer.com/display.php/file=/news/06/12/122106g

[edbermac]

1. He should have sued Rummy and the Dummy instead.

[uppityperson]

2. Is this the recuiter guy? Site requires registration.

Good for the judge for standing up for First Amendment

[Cheney Killed Bambi]

3. No

the recruiter guy is the one who died. This is a different one.

[Cheney Killed Bambi]

4. It's this guy

If you remember the movie:

Damon claimed in his lawsuit that Moore's positioning of the television interview, in which Damon complains about "the excruciating type of pain" his injuries had brought him, directly after a clip of Rep. Jim McDermott speaking about the Bush administration "leaving all kinds of veterans behind," portrays Damon as sharing McDermott's views.

[uppityperson]

6. thanks, I'll have to watch again.

[rocktivity]

5. CUE THE VONAGE THEME!

:woohoo:

As sorry as I am about his afflictions, it was inherently dishonest of Damon not to make NBC the main villian. Moore obtained the tape from them legally, and they shouldn't have released it without Damon's knowledge or consent--THAT'S what he should have been pissed about. Besides, I worked so hard on starting this thread. Your fifteen minutes are up, Damon. Go home--home to that specialized house that Moore's charitable contributions helped build!

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