No Harm No Foul

Do you remember that multi-million dollar lawsuit filed against Oscar winning filmmaker Michael Moore, by an Iraq war veteran who claimed he was falsely portrayed in the documentary Fahrenheit 9/11?

Stuart Levine of Variety offers an update:

A judge has thrown out a suit by an Iraq War veteran against filmmaker Michael Moore.

In the $35 million suit that also sought damages from Miramax, the soldier claimed Moore used his image without permission for the docu "Fahrenheit 9/11."

The film shows an armless Sgt. Peter Damon lying on a gurney at Walter Reed Hospital. Damon says he feels pain but that medication allows him to "take a lot of the edge" off of it.

The footage was originally used by NBC News.

Additional details of the story can be found here...

I'm no fan of the way Michael Moore does his thing but I actually think the judge made the right decision in this case. In both Fahrenhype 9/11 and Michael Moore Hates America, Sgt. Peter Damon's comments are not taken out of context as they are in Moore's film...So that essentially Damon's truth is out there for all to see.