12 maja 2007
It's Enough to Make Me Reconsider My Opposition to Tort Reform
Some bozo who is distantly related to John Dillinger is suing Hotel Congress claiming that he owns the rights to the "name, voice, signature, photograph, image, likeness, distinctive appearance, gestures and/or mannerisms" of Dillinger. He wants the annual Dillinger Days shut down.
I'm not sure how this works: "my relative was a criminal, and I deserve to benefit from that."
What the guy doesn't realize is that Hotel Congress owner Richard Oseran is a lawyer. Needless to say, Oseran is pretty confident about his legal position here. It may turn out that the Indiana statute that the guy is suing under may not even apply in Arizona.
Oseran, and everyone else associated with Dillinger Days, is quick to point out that the event does not celebrate Dillinger so much as his capture by the Tucson Police Department. TPD was the only law enforcement agency that Dillinger did not manage to escape from until he was gunned down by the FBI in 1934. By the way, the Biograph Theater in Chicago, where Dillinger was killed, celebrates a "Dillinger Day" as well. I think that TPD also has a display related to Dillinger.
By the way, I'm including a photograph of Dillinger in this post to see if I get sued too. Solidarność, Richard.
Hasta la proxima. Do zobaczenia.
I'm not sure how this works: "my relative was a criminal, and I deserve to benefit from that."
What the guy doesn't realize is that Hotel Congress owner Richard Oseran is a lawyer. Needless to say, Oseran is pretty confident about his legal position here. It may turn out that the Indiana statute that the guy is suing under may not even apply in Arizona.
Oseran, and everyone else associated with Dillinger Days, is quick to point out that the event does not celebrate Dillinger so much as his capture by the Tucson Police Department. TPD was the only law enforcement agency that Dillinger did not manage to escape from until he was gunned down by the FBI in 1934. By the way, the Biograph Theater in Chicago, where Dillinger was killed, celebrates a "Dillinger Day" as well. I think that TPD also has a display related to Dillinger.
By the way, I'm including a photograph of Dillinger in this post to see if I get sued too. Solidarność, Richard.
Hasta la proxima. Do zobaczenia.
