I didn't know where to put this ... it has War on Terror
elements, Political elements, Legal elements ....
It was just too funny to pass up. Michael Moore is
getting sued by the fellow who filmed UBL. Moore
used the footage of UBL in his mockumentary.
Now the fellow who filmed UBL is upset with Moore.
I'm pretty sure this isn't the first person to be
upset with Moore and F911. Didn't one of the
families of the dead serviceman get upset when
Moore used film footage of the coffin in F911?
Anyways .. I found this to be a huge laugh -
(as Michael Moore is ... just a huge laugh)
Mikey Moore taking, and yet not compensating.
Guess he was in too big of a hurry to get the
false story out to pay the guy properly.
Tsk tsk on him!
www.timesonline.co.uk...
Excerpt
The Sunday Times - World
February 06, 2005
Bin Laden’s film maker sues Michael Moore
Nick Fielding
A FORMER close associate of Osama Bin Laden is to sue the film-maker Michael Moore for using his footage of the Al-Qaeda chief in the documentary
Fahrenheit 9/11.
Deraz has started legal action in Egypt and America to seek compensation for use of his footage in Fahrenheit 9/11, the biggest-grossing documentary
in cinema history.
Deraz claims he had not signed a distribution agreement with Moore or anyone else. “I was the only cameraman with the Arabs. All of those shots of
Bin Laden talking in the cave, talking into his walkie-talkie, they were all my work.
“I was there from 1986-89 and was in contact with Bin Laden on many occasions. I saw him in Peshawar in Pakistan and in Jalalabad in Afghanistan.
The film clips in Fahrenheit 9/11 — five of them — were mostly shot in March and April 1989.
“I was wounded twice and on one of those occasions Bin Laden arranged for me to be taken to hospital in his vehicle. These are the only film clips
ever taken that show Bin Laden on the battlefield.”
He said: “Now I find that Mr Moore’s film is being distributed in America and in other countries and I have received nothing.”
He filed a petition with the Egyptian public attorney seeking his intellectual property rights and asking for the film to be confiscated until the
financial issues are settled. He says the public attorney confirmed his rights after hearing from witnesses and experts.
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[edit on 2/6/2005 by FlyersFan]
[edit on 2/6/2005 by FlyersFan]