Misappropriation

Depiction of bomb defuser not a misuse of soldier's identity

Kristen Rasmussen | Privacy | Feature | October 14, 2011
Feature
October 14, 2011

An Academy Award-winning film that addressed “an issue of paramount importance in the Iraq war” is protected speech about a public issue, a federal judge in California ruled yesterday, dismissing a U.S. serviceman's lawsuit alleging “The Hurt Locker” unlawfully benefited from the use of his identity without his consent.