Woody Wins
May 18, 2009 3:42 PM Subscribe
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American Apparel's lawyers had argued the advertisements, which were taken from Allen's film "Annie Hall" and showed the 73-year-old director dressed as a rabbi, did not have a commercial purpose and were intended as a parody.
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posted by slimepuppy at 3:48 PM on May 18, 2009 [3 favorites]
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posted by slimepuppy at 3:48 PM on May 18, 2009 [3 favorites]
American Apparel founder Dov Charney, who thought up the advertisements, told reporters that the case was about "the dignity of ideas."
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American Apparel's lawyers had argued the advertisements, which were taken from Allen's film "Annie Hall" and showed the 73-year-old director dressed as a rabbi, did not have a commercial purpose and were intended as a parody.
*Mouthpuke* Just admit you did something wrong, you lying coward.
posted by Foci for Analysis at 3:50 PM on May 18, 2009 [2 favorites]
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American Apparel's lawyers had argued the advertisements, which were taken from Allen's film "Annie Hall" and showed the 73-year-old director dressed as a rabbi, did not have a commercial purpose and were intended as a parody.
*Mouthpuke* Just admit you did something wrong, you lying coward.
posted by Foci for Analysis at 3:50 PM on May 18, 2009 [2 favorites]
Is it back to amateur porn imagery for American Apparel then?
I suppose images of underage looking models do sell things better than images of the people who sleep with underage models...
posted by yeloson at 3:50 PM on May 18, 2009
I suppose images of underage looking models do sell things better than images of the people who sleep with underage models...
posted by yeloson at 3:50 PM on May 18, 2009
Whatever ick factor you feel about Woody, AA's legal argument made the Chewbacca defense look coherent.
posted by kersplunk at 3:50 PM on May 18, 2009
posted by kersplunk at 3:50 PM on May 18, 2009
$5 million is more profit than any of Woody's movies have made since Hannah and Her Sisters.
posted by Joe Beese at 3:50 PM on May 18, 2009
posted by Joe Beese at 3:50 PM on May 18, 2009
I wish I had five million dollars. Maybe Woody Allen will read this and give me five million dollars :)
posted by I Foody at 3:51 PM on May 18, 2009
posted by I Foody at 3:51 PM on May 18, 2009
My advice, as a lawyer*, to American Apparel, is to fire their legal counsel. Then take them outside and beat the hell out of them. Seriously, "lol, we'll tell the jury it's a parody and we'll totally win, brah." Brilliant.
*I'm not a lawyer.
posted by mullingitover at 3:52 PM on May 18, 2009
*I'm not a lawyer.
posted by mullingitover at 3:52 PM on May 18, 2009
American Apparel founder Dov Charney, who thought up the advertisements, told reporters that the case was about "the dignity of ideas."
"I am not sorry for expressing myself," he said.
"And I'm not sorry for the gobs of money I've made from the publicity from this lawsuit. Initially the billboards were only seen in a few places. Now everyone can see them!"
posted by filthy light thief at 3:52 PM on May 18, 2009
"I am not sorry for expressing myself," he said.
"And I'm not sorry for the gobs of money I've made from the publicity from this lawsuit. Initially the billboards were only seen in a few places. Now everyone can see them!"
posted by filthy light thief at 3:52 PM on May 18, 2009
I do not wish to speak ill of Dov Charney, but if somebody else does, I am always willing to listen.
posted by Astro Zombie at 3:55 PM on May 18, 2009
posted by Astro Zombie at 3:55 PM on May 18, 2009
And that image was apparently more than a one-off: there was a whole Hasidic clothing merchant ad-fad from American Apparel.
posted by filthy light thief at 3:55 PM on May 18, 2009
posted by filthy light thief at 3:55 PM on May 18, 2009
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