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Judge throws out defamation suit brought against Borat
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A JUDGE threw a libel by a businessman is shown by ousted Manhattan comic Sacha Baron Cohen in the film Borat. New York, the law provides limited protection to anyone, their image for purposes of advertising or trade, without authorization, she said. The nonconsensual use of a person’s image to show the news or matters of public interest is free of the law, she said. The appeal did not specify damages-producer of the film, 20th Century Fox, Jeffrey Lemerond, he says, when it was shown humiliated, run and cries of “Go away!” As Borat drove him in an attempt to embrace foreigners. The judge said the film, most employees childish and vulgar “humour, but also tries to comment ironic. |
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