Woody Allen Paves The Way For Woody Allens Everywhere
The lawsuit Woody Allen was bringing against Dov Charney and American Apparel for using his image in their advertising without approval was supposed to go to court today, but it's been had settled! The only thing left now is a semi-transparent Law and Order episode*, and we can put this whole thing behind us. From the AP:
Woody Allen agreed Monday to a $5 million settlement in his lawsuit accusing a trendy clothing company of using an image parodying him as a rabbi without his permission.Both sides announced the settlement -- to be paid by American Apparel's insurance company -- on the morning a trial was to start in federal court in Manhattan.
Reading from a statement outside court, Allen said he hoped the outcome "would discourage American Apparel or anyone else from ever trying such a thing again."
Right. Because of how people are constantly trying to use Woody Allen's image to sell their products without his permission. Pepsi is like "why didn't we think of that?" If you trample the rights of one Woody Allen, you trample the rights of all the Woody Allens (or is it Woodies Allen?). Woody Allen is the Rosa Parks of Woody Allen rights**.
*Ripped from the headlines: a Jewish heiress is found impaled to death on a billboard without her consent.
**Obviously, Woody Allen was correct to sue and he deserved to win, but relax, "trailblazerforcivilrightsjeremy."
Posted by Gabe at 12:00 PM in Justice
Tags: American Apparel | Fashion | Jews | Woody Allen
I'm gonna miss all Nike's "Witness" ads with Woody.
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Wow. You guys are kind of huge dicks. You know they only brought up a bunch of shit from his past to try and scare him out of the suit and essentially they tried to publically embarass him.
You know what, fuck this stupid ass site. If I wanted to here people who haven't accomplished a single thing of any actual worth in their life rip on Woody I'd go sit in on a Film Studies class.
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I here you should probably sit in a Spelling Studies class instead.
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beat me to it! "hear's" to you
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You gotta be shitting me. That's your comeback. Spellcheck?! Hope I din't spel nuthin' wrong.
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i understand, tapirman. you said you'd never come back so you couldn't possibly respond to me using your original name. instead you create a sarcastic pseudonym to create the illusion of support. it's ok. we won't miss either of you.
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Good comment, very critical.
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Ha ha! You make some insane assumptions! I didn't think I'd be calling anyone a huge dick today, but you kind of are one! What must it be like to navigate through life, making all kindz of krazy assumptions? I bet it is a trip!
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You tell 'em tapirman! don't listen to MussellsMarinara or denizen. They're huge dicks!
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OK, that one made me laugh.
But seriously, tapirman, stop being such a my boyfriend.
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wow, this "denizen" guy sounds like a real jerk! glad i don't know him!
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I like Woody Allen and I make hyperbolic angry statements on the internet in the morning when I first wake up. Is that so wrong?
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lol
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On the contrary, film studies students are over complimentary about Woody Allen, its almost sickening. In the same way that we're all supposed to love and appreciate and admire Hitchcock and dogme films.
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So the reason he shouldn't have sued is because no one else would use his image anyway? I'm confused. You better open a window it's getting snarky in here.
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more like open a wall
*sigh* it's gonna be a long day, guys!
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Oy vey!
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Heavens to Betsy that guy is upset about Woody Allen related issues!
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Woodies Allen - that's the accepted plural form, I believe.
this from someone who can't decide if the past tense of blow-drying is BLEW-DRY, BLOW-DRIED, or BLOWN-DRY. (twss?)
also - relax, "trailblazerforcivilrightsjeremy" = hilarious, but dangerously close to shark jumpage.
in that vein, i'm going to go have fun at dinner now.
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I get around it by going, "My hair? I just blew it dry."
I don't know how that translates to our Woody problem [is what she said], but that's all I got. That's my skill set right there.
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Woody's apparently just determined to be at the forefront of right-of-publicity law -- back in 1985 he sued a video rental chain over using a drawing that kinda looked like him in its ads. Woody wants to be the only Woody in town.
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