Comments on: Which Side Are You On – Part 1304

By: ElMondo

ElMondo — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 01:58:56 +0000

“ElMondo, the great “progressive” Mr. Moore fought unionization of his television show for years. He did not want to pay WGA rates.”

Really? Serious? Wow… that’s pretty hypocritical of him. I never would’ve guessed, and no, I’m not being sarcastic. Given his lionization of the Union Man in Roger & Me, you’d figure he’d be completely for unionization.

I’m oddly disappointed, in spite of my already low opinion of him. I figured his agitprop was at least honestly held agitprop, but now I wonder.

By: Twill00

Twill00 — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 12:38:22 +0000

If I were Sgt Damon, I wouldn’t settle. Or rather, the settlement would require retraction of all copies containing my face, and buyback of all copies in the hands of the public. Sgt Damon can clearly get a court order forbidding any future sales, if he can demonstrate that what is on the DVD is damaging/defaming to Damon and untrue. Then it is up to Moore to determine what all of his future sales are worth.

Then we can hope for a second plaintiff…

By: Ray Zacek

Ray Zacek — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:51:56 +0000

Drudge headlines this lawsuit today however the link offered on Drudge is to a South Carolina newspaper, which may be indicative of the attention this case gets in MSM. I’ll stand by my prediction this case will end in obscurity with out of court settlement, with Moore tossing a few shekels at this guy, which he can afford, but not losing one bit of his stridency.

By: ClericalGal

ClericalGal — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 01:04:16 +0000

If I were independently wealthy, I would offer to pay for Sgt. Damon’s attorney. I hope the sergeant bankupts Moore. But realistically, even if the case goes to court and Sgt. Damon wins, Moore will appeal until doomsday. I agree, then, with Ray Zacek that the case will be settled out-of-court.

By: Ray Zacek

Ray Zacek — Wed, 31 May 2006 21:00:23 +0000

Look for an out of court settlement and a gag order on all parties involved.

By: Roger

Roger — Wed, 31 May 2006 18:48:36 +0000

ElMondo, the great “progressive” Mr. Moore fought unionization of his television show for years. He did not want to pay WGA rates. You can read about this in the long New Yorker profile of Moore, among other places.

By: Sandy P

Sandy P — Wed, 31 May 2006 18:39:35 +0000

He should amend his suit to revoke the academy award and the cannes award.

By: ElMondo

ElMondo — Wed, 31 May 2006 18:25:25 +0000

“Of course this is typical of the auteur who is well known to have exploited members of the Writers Guild for years…”

He did? What’d he do, Roger? Some of us are unaware of this.

By: corndog

corndog — Wed, 31 May 2006 17:44:47 +0000

Wow! It would be really great if this could make it into a courtroom. The media would certainly black it out, but the rest of us could keep the story going.