{"article":{"id":4910,"heading":"Protest Mis-Use of the name of Crazy Horse by Indigenous People this holiday","author":"Megwitch","created":"2000-12-18 05:09:05","modified":"2005-08-15 00:30:53","last_modified":"Mon, 15 Aug 2005 07:30:53","article":"

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212-870-2316 Gary Brouse, Program Director, Interfaith Center on Corporate

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<\/p>\n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility: A large Ecumenical organization that brings holdings to bear against corporate irresponsibility has decided to join the Crazy Horse family, Many Tribal Reps, AIM, Native Orgs, and friends in calling for National outcry against the misuse of the legacy of Crazy Horse (Oglala Lakota leader murdered by the US Government). Call protest in your town.","numcomment":2,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2000\/12\/protest_mi.txt","filesize":"10.5 kibibytes","article_url":"\/news\/2000\/12\/4910.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":4914,"heading":"how CAN they do that?","article":"You know, back in the early '60s, the widow of Al Capone successfully sued the producers of the TV series \"The Untouchables\" for using her late husband's name and likeness for profit without permission. It seems that there are definite rules about that sort of thing.\r\n\r\nThe use of Crazy Horse's name to advertise products seems to me to be much the same sort of thing- the unauthorized use of a person's identity for profit.\r\n\r\nPerhaps the same kind of legal challenge could be used to get Claiborne to stop.\r\n\r\nAny lawyers out there know anything about these issues?","author":"Ishmael Alfredsson","parent_id":4910,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2000-12-18 16:45:39","modified":"2000-12-18 17:00:01","fileurl":""},{"id":4917,"heading":"Actually there is a legal batlle going on.","article":"The descendants are waging a legal battle.","author":"Megwitch","parent_id":4910,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2000-12-18 23:40:50","modified":"2000-12-19 00:00:01","fileurl":""}]}