https://www.overlawyered.com/2013/03/claim-depictions-rights-violations-pop-entertainment-may-violate-u-n-guidelines/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Thu, 21 Mar 2013 00:50:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.overlawyered.com/2013/03/claim-depictions-rights-violations-pop-entertainment-may-violate-u-n-guidelines/comment-page-1/#comment-203642 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 00:50:16 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=36975#comment-203642 None of the reports of the Iranian threat that I have seen has revealed the putative cause of action or in what court Iran might sue. “portraying Iran as the bad guy” is not actionable in most jurisdictions that I know anything about. It may well be in Iranian courts, but in that case not only would any judgement be unlikely to be enforceable, but few people would even take seriously the court’s condemnation of the film.

]]> https://www.overlawyered.com/2013/03/claim-depictions-rights-violations-pop-entertainment-may-violate-u-n-guidelines/comment-page-1/#comment-203526 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 21:02:41 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=36975#comment-203526 All your images are belong to us!

]]> https://www.overlawyered.com/2013/03/claim-depictions-rights-violations-pop-entertainment-may-violate-u-n-guidelines/comment-page-1/#comment-203492 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 12:56:33 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=36975#comment-203492 Well, the UN will only be upset about protrayed torture if it is done by Western governments. With such honest UN Human Rights Council members as China, Cuba, Egypt, Libya, Nigeria, Russia, and Saudi Arabia, you just cannot expect Israel or the US to get a fair shake.

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