NEW YORK (Reuters) - The director of a documentary about John Kerry's Vietnam service sued Sinclair Broadcast Group on Thursday, accusing it of illegally copying his photographs in a controversial anti-Kerry movie it plans to air portions of this week.
George Butler filed the copyright infringement suit one day before Sinclair, one of the largest U.S. television broadcasting companies, plans to broadcast part of "Stolen Honor: Wounds that Never Heal" in a one-hour television program discussing allegations about the Democratic presidential candidate's anti-Vietnam War activities in the 1970s.
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The suit, filed in Manhattan federal court, seeks unspecified damages and an order barring Sinclair and film distributors from selling or showing the movie containing copyrighted photographs and film footage.
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Butler and Swift Boat Film, which he manages, charge Sinclair wrongfully copied photographs used in "Going Upriver." The suit also accuses Sinclair of using film footage that had been licensed to Swift Boat by Winter Film, which made the 1971 documentary "Winter Soldier."
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http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=1WCEWTPJSASP0CRBAE0CFEY?type=politicsNews&storyID=6576198Sinclair really stepped in it, didn't they? LOL
edit: sorry, can't seem to post a proper link