Britney Spears to sue McCain campaign over photo use?

[The Sushi Bandit]

Source: Sushi Bandit's Blog O'Rama

My inside Hollywood sources have hinted that Britney Spears is in discussions with her legal team about a possible lawsuit against John McCain for the unauthorized use of her photo in a recent political ad.

Expect to hear about this soon through the traditional media.


Read more: http://www.sushibandit.com/2008/07/britney-spears-to-sue-mccain-campaign.html

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Let just see where this leads!

[babylonsister]

1. Do the right thing, Britney! Sue his pants off! nt

[WCGreen]

17. Oh pleas not the pants...

That would be indecent!

[salguine]

24. Maybe she could sue the old off of him. That would leave a mark.

[ooglymoogly]

36. You gotta admit McShame was quite a hunk when he was young...

to bad, when he was not a prisoner, he spent his youth in a drunken blizzard till he became the picture of Dorian Gray in the attic.

[DogPoundPup]

38. A hunk of love for no one but himself, just like lil Bush

Arrogant, selfish, thoughtless and an underachiever! Now in old age, he is reverting back to those old accustoms. But gotcha' on what you say as well :hi:

[TheCowsCameHome]

18. ...Well, don't go that far......Sue him, yes, but keep his drawers on, please..

[Frisbee]

62. I'm not sure I'd like to see this...

...as good as Britney suing him would feel, she is not a well liked person generally speaking, and her suing him (pants or not), may create some sympathy for the old fool. As much as I'd like to see him sued, I'm not sure that in this particular case it would be in the Democrats best interest.

[roguevalley]

68. she's a private citizen being held up to ridicule. I would sue too.

[Blue_Tires]

92. Titney is a lot of things, but no court in the nation will call her a 'private citizen'

she is a public figure, and the rules are a little different...

not to say she doesn't have a case (and i'm rooting for her to try)

[rocktivity]

94. Lord knows she needs the alimony and child support

:evilgrin:
rocknation

[villager]

2. Oops! McCain did it again!

n/t

[redwitch]

3. That would be delicious!

John McCain and Brittney Spears in a front page legal dispute! What a gift! Bring it on! :rofl:

[crikkett]

40. no kidding

:popcorn:

[my2sense]

4. I hope both Hilton & Spears

sues him.

:rofl:

[wordpix]

71. they have the money to really take the old coot on. C'mon, Britney, stand up for yourself!

Here's a chance to get back at the McShame public ridicule campaign.

[Botany]

5. Hit me baby one more time

[wordpix]

74. well I'm not that innocent!

[The Sushi Bandit]

101. OK she is CUTE!

you got my attention

[madaboutharry]

6. If there is a God, oh please!

Yes. Sue him Briteny. Please, do it for all that is just and right.

[whistle]

7. That's great...copyright infringements and libelous statements

[Auggie]

14. And Invasion of Privacy

[whistle]

16. ...yes that also

[tridim]

8. Bwhahaha! That would be so sweet.

Not that I give a rats ass about Britney, but anyone that sues McAsshole is fine by me.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

9. I love the irony here.

Celebrities willingly embrace Obama and voluntarily appear in videos for him (Will.I.Am, Scarlett Johannson, etc.), and McCain gets sued by them.

:rofl:

[otohara]

10. I Was Wondering About This Very Issue

I wondered if both possibly gave permission, one, because The Hilton's are republican's and would use their daughter to diss Obama, and back in the good old days when bashing the invasion was a no, no, Britney said she supported "the president".

[Ian David]

49. The Hiltons donated to McCain AND to Joe Biden.

I'm guessing Paris has a huge credit card bill.

[GardeningGal]

50. IN 1987 - can you read?

You are being ridiculous.

[Ian David]

55. Joe Biden wasn't a giant bag of douche in 1987? I didn't realize. n/t

[GardeningGal]

57. You're deliberately being an ass. I'm done talking to you. n/t

[Ian David]

58. Yes, but I didn't think I was being THAT much of an ass. n/t

[frogcycle]

59. is IanDB1 a giant sack of shit in 2008?

oh, I forgot; the douchebags who run up credit card bills and then want to stiff their creditors by declaring bankruptcy time and again because they think the world fucking owes them a living like to slam Joe Biden. One-issue dickheads.

[Ian David]

61. Yes, I am. I am 4 pounds of shit in a 2-pound bag. But Biden is still a giant bag of DLC douche. n/t

[Kierkegaard]

85. So, you're an overachiever!

Good on ya.

[karynnj]

104. You may want to read some of the speeches in the Senate

when that bill was debated. Kennedy was utterly amazing, though completely upset that every amendment to protect people to any small degree was was rejected. He gave an example of a woman, whose husband left her, who quickly found herself in debt. She took a second job and applied all its earnings to her debt, but due to penalties after a year owed even more. This is from memory and the details may be wrong. The fact though was that the terms were ridiculous and - even with best intentions - she couldn't get out of this.

Are you sure that events beyond your control will never cause you or friends you care about to suddenly be in this situation. Do you think that 30% annual interest is fair or is it usury?

I like Biden, but on this he is wrong - even if they are quartered in his state. If you declare bankruptcy "time and again", you will not be able to get credit cards.

[Kire]

81. it's stupid, but it's legal

I'm no lawyer, but I'm pretty sure it's covered under the fair use law.

Yoko Ono recently sued Ben Stein for playing Imagine in his film about evolution a couple months ago. She lost. I assume political campaign commercials come under pretty much the same law as political documentaries.

[Merlot]

11. Good for her! And get me some popcorn!

Not that I'm a Brittney fan, but the ad was rather insulting. And since she's actually sold A LOT of freaking records, and did a lot of touring to millions of fans, I'd say she's famous for something more than just "being famous."

I this ad will backfire on mccain regarding the youth vote. They might not be big Brittney fans, but they will see how insulting this ad is to someone who is young and famous. So all three young voters who may have considered mccain will stay home.

[DearAbby]

12. Can we also pray to the Campaign gods

to place a little voice in Paris Hilton's ear....SUE MCCAIN TOO!!!

why have a nibble when you can pray for the whole enchilada....ole'

[Botany]

15. Class action suit Brit & Paris

Lights .... camera .... action

:rofl:

[stlsaxman]

121. wouldn't that be "Upper Class Action Lawsuit"? n/t

[chill_wind]

25. heh :-)

[EV_Ares]

13. Hopefully, she can get something out of this, being a public figure, there is nothing wrong with

her in the photo but they can get to the insinuation of how they were using her and Paris Hilton in the ad which might get somewhere because it is not just like they shot an ad and Paris and Britney were there, they were actually using them for their purposes in this ad and I hope they have to pay them for every single time it showed which is a lot since every network is using the ad in their news programs.

[Middle finga]

19. Do your thang girl!!!

Show those fuckers you are not going to be used, ridiculed and laughed at.

[DRex]

20. Please please please please please....

Get legally blonde on his ass.

I might accept Jesus if that happened.

[Ichingcarpenter]

21. Don't throw the Baby out with the Bathwater.. this time Brittany

Sue him!

[frylock]

22. sue his balls to the wall!!

[chill_wind]

23. Bwah!! That would be awful, wouldn't it? It's not like they both couldn't afford top laywers.

That could bankrupt the MacSame campaign for a while. Think of it

But it's too much to hope for....... the case, even if it became one, probably wouldn't come up in time to be useful.

[LSparkle]

26. She and Paris ought to BOTH sue him ...

[callous taoboy]

27. Suddenly I love Ms. Spears. n/t

[beac]

28. And when she wins, in lieu of money, she should demand

that HE appear in the video for her next Top-10 Hit: Oops! I Crapped My Pants!

[scarletwoman]

29. She could probably use the money -- her lawyer bills must be astronomical!

Do it, Britney, do it! :evilgrin:

sw

[NorthCarolina]

30. Oh McCain, you've done it again!

[AZ Criminal JD]

31. No grounds for a suit

Both are public figures, in public places, and there is no commercial use. Any suit would not be a serious one.

[librechik]

63. La Spears is a commercial entity. You can't use her image without paying any more than you can use

Mickey Mouse. No matter how big a pubic --- err--- public her figure is.

[Kire]

82. tell that to yoko ono

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080602/1224441292.shtml

[The Sushi Bandit]

96. But John is Dead!

[AZ Criminal JD]

97. B.S.

Do you think when they show her picture on the news they pay her? They don't.

[KittyWampus]

105. the news isn't a political ADVERTISMENT (well, these days it is sorta but it shouldn't be)

[AZ Criminal JD]

107. That is not the standard courts use

No one is making money off a political advertisement. Also courts give political ads a wide berth because of First Amendment concerns.

[AndyTiedye]

32. Send Lawyers, Lawyers, and More Lawyers

SUE THEM!

[Giant Robot]

33. Send lawyers, guns, and money

:shrug:

[DebbieCDC]

65. My thought exactly

Bless Warren Zevon!

[Imagevision]

76. Britney! we love you darlin...

[Giant Robot]

120. He was one of the best.

I always think of him this time of year. He died shortly after my sainted father passed away from the same type of cancer. Dad never knew Warren or his music, but I would like to think they are having a drink together somewhere right now.

[ooglymoogly]

34. Won't that be a deserved kick in the balls.....kr nt

[mcctatas]

35. Now that's some low hanging fruit!

[crimsonblue]

37. Ruh roh

I saw that paris is pondering a lawsuit, as well. I can't believe I'm saying this, but I wish the women the best of luck.

[Raineyb]

39. Would she have a case being a public personality and all?

Not that it matters all that much to me. Even if the case is thrown out eventually, I say cost the McRaceCard some money.

Regards

[wordpix]

72. there's a case to be made the McShame campaign is making money off Brit's photo

suddenly I love her! :loveya:

[Olney Blue]

41. Sue Cindy for all she's worth

[Politicalboi]

42. Glad to see she saved

At least one brain cell. I thought about that when I saw the ad. But then I knew she supported Bush so thought that she wouldn't. But she is more desperate than McCain and I hope she sues the pants off him.

[ladywnch]

43. I was wondering about that. Since most times the rethugs use

rock and roll for their candidates they never get prior permission so why would they get permission?

[madrchsod]

44. it will be on " E news " before the mainstream media

maybe paris and brit can go after limpballs for the "twat" reference...

[wordpix]

118. good, maybe the dumbed down masses will start to get what this campaign's about

[liberal N proud]

45. Good for Spears

These fuckers think that this stuff is theirs to take and use.


Just like the campaign music they were using early in the Repuke primary.

[AlbertCat]

46. That gay kid from YouTube...

....McCain can hire him!

LEAVE McCAIN ALONE! HE'S ONLY HUMAN!

[Crowman1979]

103. Nah he'll probably tell McCain to...

...eat his cornhole. LOL

[Ian David]

47. Honestly, I think we should just trust our Mccain in every decision he makes... n/t

[Zambero]

48. McCain only wants to drag Britney down to his level!

A celebrity's public image is everything, and Britney has one to uphold. Even the remotest association with McCain would be a career-ending catastrophe for her. I hope she sees him in court!

:crazy:

[Canuckistanian]

51. Woohoo! The Ultimate Battle of the Irrelevants!

Let's see who emerges Victorious!

:popcorn:

[NBachers]

66. That got the Best Laugh of the Day Award!

[Alexander]

52. That would be hilarious if she bankrupted his campaign.

[caledesi]

53. She should....made a fool out of her. NT

[Generator]

54. You GO GIRL!

She once loved Bush through her gum but she's a mom now. She knows better. (or she needs the cash-but still GO GIRL!)

[VADem11]

56. LOL

Who would have thought a week ago that there would even be the possibility of Britney Spears suing John McCain? This is just bizarre.

[BadGimp]

60. please sweet Jeebus let it be true..

eom

[Iggo]

64. Oh, you ain't kiddin'.

If he gets in a slap fight with a pop tart...oh, pleeeeeease let it be true.

[Cha]

67. I just got this link off another thread and I'm stoked!

More Laws of Unintended Consequences..fucking mccain needs to step in shit the m$m can't get him out of.

[The Sushi Bandit]

70. What thread???

[Cha]

73. This one :)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6568984#6569029

[The Sushi Bandit]

91. Thanks!

[Vanje]

69. Leave Brittney alone!1!1

[Imagevision]

75. Britney talk to Paris and do a huge splash over these dirty old men using your images.. sue-sue-sue!

[TexasObserver]

77. She should sue him.

All it takes to file a lawsuit is money, and she has plenty of that. She could call her attorneys, say "sue the bastard, and let me know what you're suing him for, but sue him."

They'll come up with appropriate causes of actions, ones that cannot be the subject of a successful motion for summary judgment or for dismissal. Maybe business slander. That's always a good one, with venue often available where the plaintiff resides. Maybe unauthorized use of proprietary materials.

She doesn't have to worry about the specific causes of action, and neither do we, because she has a butt load of money, and if you give a decent law firm a hundred grand to get started and tell them to sue McCain for anything they can dream up, they'll do it.

If she sues him, then she gets to launch press releases of her choosing through motions and pleadings filed by her attorneys. It could be fun. Maybe she'll start taking public shots at Cindy McCain for her lying, thieving, drugged out ways. I can just see Britney saying "well, his wife is richer than I have ever been, but I never stole pills from a charity to get high." That would make for good TV infotainment.

[appal_jack]

87. word! k&r, n/t

[knixphan]

112. I like it!

Guerilla warfare. Hope she does it.

[Kire]

78. sounds familiar

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3198311

[Tripper11]

79. Not sure if I'm late on this one - McCain Frenh Fries logo

I knew there was something familiar about McCain's little logo -






Looks pretty damn close to me. I don't think old Johnny has any connections with the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCain_Foods_Limited">McCain Co., if he does it's news to me considering they are a Canadian Co. from New Brunswick.

[trashcanistanista]

80. Email this right away to the french fry company.

If they are that stupid to infringe on copyrights and not ask celebs to appear in their dumbass ads, they deserved to be sued.
We need to comb through all their ads, find out who is in them and if they want to sue as well. Maybe a class action is not so farfetched?

[fasttense]

83. The republicon party is not only desperate but stupid and out of touch too.

Why didn't they check with two ladies in question before they used their pictures in an ad? Are they that naive? Come on, both of them have republicon backgrounds. Do you think they may be upset by seeing pictures of themselves morph into a liberal blackman? Why didn't they ask them first?

This is how the country has been run for the last eight years. Act first, think later. It's the republicon style.

[Ganja Ninja]

84. They mocked her for whatever potential gain they thought would

result. I hope she takes them to court and drains their bank account.

[The Sushi Bandit]

115. LOL

[Orsino]

86. Doesn't Britney, like, support her president? n/t

[The Sushi Bandit]

114. I think she made that Generic statement based on advice

not to piss anyone off

[yellowcanine]

88. Probably go nowhere but that's ok. It doesn't help McCain that's for sure.

The McCain camp will no doubt argue that it is parody and thus a fair use.
But still, dragging them into court is publicity that doesn't help McCain.

[Javaman]

89. And mclame wants to be prez...

LOL
first he pisses of one of his donors with this ad. (Hilton)

Now he pisses off a major pop star!

Yeah, mclame keep it coming. Hell I would throw him a shovel but he seems to be contents with digging his own hole. LOLOLOL

[maxrandb]

90. Maybe he really is a "uniter" if he can

get Britney and Paris back together again.

Go girls! Sue him where the sun don't shine.

[jayfish]

93. I Believe The Prevailing Wisdom Is That She MUST Sue...

him in order to protect her brand. Otherwise any dirty old man could use her image in a video. Thats how giant companies sue mom/pop and grassroots companies out of existence. They claim they have no choice.

Jay

[The Sushi Bandit]

95. NEWS: This story picked-up Nationally on Current TV

You can watch it now on current TV or see the segment on their website at this link:

http://current.com/items/89157504_britney_spears_to_sue_mccain_campaign_over_photo_use

[Ilsa]

98. Haaaaa! I love it! Let's hope the court agrees to hear te case! nt

[Ilsa]

99. Let's hope Paris Hilton sues also. nt

[The Sushi Bandit]

100. According to huffington he is pissed!

[JustAnotherGen]

102. I

JustAnother Gen, do solemnly swear . . . to never make fun of Britney Spears ever again.

[DailyGrind51]

106. Ironic that the only thing McCain doesn't have in common with Bush,

is Britney's support.

[Hippo_Tron]

108. I will take back anything bad I've ever said about her if this happens

God I'd love to see McGramps go bankrupt defending himself from this.

[wordpix]

122. if Britney and the Hiltons take on McBush, it would do a lot to refurbish their tarnished reps

[Jack Rabbit]

109. Next time, pick on Lindsay Lohan

[tuckessee]

110. This is great! The McCain team didn't use good judgement.

If they can screw up a campaign ad so badly they get sued, what level of competence can we expect in foreign policy and economics?

[orleans]

111. she won't sue. she supports the resident. remember her little cameo

in Fahrenheit 9/11?

on the other hand, paris should sue--olbermann showed that her mummsey and daddsie donated the full amount ($4,600) to mcpain and now he's got their little kitten in his nasty ad (implying what a piece of shit her & obama are).

ugh. i'm guessing the hilton's won't be offering up any of their fund raising services for mccheapshot in the near future.

[JonLP24]

113. mccheapshot is a good one

He is full of them, he won't visit troops because cameras weren't there. First all of all they act like that was the cause and effect. He has visited troops in stateside which is where many of them go after leaving theater to Germany then stateside so that is a low blow. Just because on his big tour he didn't happen to go there but went to a gym. So what? What is McCain doing? Sitting at his Sedona Ranch having a high donor visit while that ad was released while he was speaking at 10 street (or something like that I'll edit later)

Everytime I turn on the tv, the media, talks about the media's obsession with Obama talking about others but however they are the media themselves. The debate shows on tv make me :puke: I want to know of a good one so far the only two I watch is Wolf Blitzer in the afternoon and Keith Olbermann at night. I also watch the Daily Show and Colbert Report and that's it. Fox News is terrible, right wing all the time I saw O'reilly have 5 guests and that agreed with him on each of the 5 topics :puke:

[ohio2007]

116. Leave Britaney alone

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=LWSjUe0FyxQ

[Endangered Specie]

117. She should make a remix: Hes so rusty, has no heart

but he lies lies lies that rusty old fart.....
:evilgrin:

[ContraBass Black]

119. The title of that blog post ends with a "Cavuto Mark."