June 02, 2004

I'm Gone Sue You!

Eugene Volokh discusses the likelihood of Swift Boat Veterans Against Kerry's (I know they're called something else, but this is a far more honest name) lawsuit against John Kerry for using their image in his ad "Lifetime". As Volokh points out, most of the laws pertaining to this don't bode well for the Not-Too-Swifties, and although I'm not sure of the legal relevance of it, I did love this bit from the Kerry campaign, which points out that in the group's political campaign, they used the exact same image:

A Kerry spokesman dismissed the group's claim, noting the Swift Boat Veterans used an enlarged version of the same photo at a news conference announcing the anti-Kerry group's formation in early May.

"Somehow they didn't call to ask if they could use John Kerry's image," Michael Meehan said. "When it was useful for their politics they show a big blowup."

I look forward to the Yale Hockey Team's eventual suit, as well.

Posted by Jesse Taylor at June 2, 2004 04:45 PM | TrackBack
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Since Bush's approval among African-Americans is about 8%, I suspect there's at least one person on his "compassion" web pages that objects to being used.

Posted by: SP at June 2, 2004 05:15 PM

I cannot believe that this Swift Boat group gets this much publicity. This attack, even to a non-lawyer, looked pretty laughable.

Posted by: BUck at June 2, 2004 05:29 PM

At least CNN describes the group accurately, calling them "anti-Kerry." I've read their message board, and they actually have the gall to say that they have "no opinion" about the presidential race. No opinion? Do you think it's possible to find even one person in the world who sincerely believes that?

Posted by: John at June 2, 2004 08:52 PM

There must be some Scaife endowment that's annoyance -level proportional in its payout. Once you're on Scaife's payroll, the more obnoxious you can be the more he rains down on you.

If I didn't find it to be such a completely unprincipled position, it would be tempting to start some sort of fake anti-Kerry organization just to get a little cash in the bank.

eh. Forget I said that. It can't be that easy, can it?

Posted by: patrick at June 2, 2004 08:55 PM

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