Friday, April 17, 2009

BUT THE LAW, JUDAH. WITHOUT THE LAW IT'S ALL DARKNESS: A few days ago, Jordan asked a few days ago whether our post involving reality tv, Illinois politics, spelling and a figure skater was "a muktuk reference short of Adam's dream post."

The answer is no, because it didn't also involve Woody Allen and intellectual property law, so let's fix that right now with an update on Allen's right of publicity suit against American Apparel for the unauthorized use of his image on a billboard, which Allen claims damaged his reputation by associating him with a sleazy brand. To which American Apparel has responded, um, your reputation?, or as their attorney put it, "Certainly, our belief is that after the various sex scandals that Woody Allen has been associated with, corporate America's desire to have Woody Allen endorse their product is not what he may believe it is."

Back in the day, though, there was that offer to do a vodka ad....

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