evil jose
08-16-2004, 09:53 AM
What a crock of shit! Nancy doesn't want images of her husband displayed on PETA's ad about Alzheimer’s and she even had her lawyers send them a cease-and-desist letter but they are pretty much telling her tough shit, he's a public figure and we are not making money so we can go ahead and use his image in our ad.
I don't care much for PETA (or Green Peace or any other tree huggers for that matter) but I think it's BS that they are not following her wishes. But they are polling people on there website if it's a good idea or not, here is the link.
http://www.peta.org/feat/ReaganBB/
And here is the article on MSNBC.
Reagan gives PETA
an executive order: Back off
Nancy Reagan said no thanks to PETA request to use her late husband's photo in its new ad campaign.
By Jeannette Walls
MSNBC
Updated: 2:35 a.m. ET Aug. 16, 2004
Nancy Reagan and PETA are battling it out over the image of her late husband.
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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals was planning to use Ronald Reagan’s picture in a campaign promoting vegetarianism as a way to prevent Alzheimer’s disease. “Win one for the Gipper” read the ad, which showed a smiling photo of the 40th president. “Animal fats DOUBLE your risk of Alzheimer’s.”
PETA president Ingrid Newkirk recently wrote to Nancy Reagan, outlining the research that supports those conclusions. “[W]e hope that you will be happy that we chose your husband’s powerful image (we have purchased the photograph) and used it most respectfully to capture people’s attention,” Newkirk wrote. “We realize that you are exceedingly busy, but if you could spare a few moments, this campaign would be helped significantly by a brief note of support from you.”
Nancy Reagan not only didn’t send back a letter of support; her people fired off a cease-and-desist letter. “Discontinue any use of President Reagan’s name, signature, quote, image or likeness,” came a missive from Kirby Elizabeth Hanson, Director of Business Development for the Ronald Reagan Foundation. “You have no authority, license or consent from President and Mrs. Reagan (or their legal representatives or licensee) for such use.”
“We were hoping to get Nancy Reagan’s endorsement, but the truth is — because he was a public figure and because we’re not looking to sell a product or make money off his image — we don’t need her permission,” a PETA insider told The Scoop. So PETA is doing an on-line poll at PETA.org to let the public vote as to whether they should use Reagan’s photo.
“This is an important issue, but it’s a sensitive one as well,” the insider told the Scoop. “We’ll defer to public opinion on this one.”
I don't care much for PETA (or Green Peace or any other tree huggers for that matter) but I think it's BS that they are not following her wishes. But they are polling people on there website if it's a good idea or not, here is the link.
http://www.peta.org/feat/ReaganBB/
And here is the article on MSNBC.
Reagan gives PETA
an executive order: Back off
Nancy Reagan said no thanks to PETA request to use her late husband's photo in its new ad campaign.
By Jeannette Walls
MSNBC
Updated: 2:35 a.m. ET Aug. 16, 2004
Nancy Reagan and PETA are battling it out over the image of her late husband.
advertisement
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals was planning to use Ronald Reagan’s picture in a campaign promoting vegetarianism as a way to prevent Alzheimer’s disease. “Win one for the Gipper” read the ad, which showed a smiling photo of the 40th president. “Animal fats DOUBLE your risk of Alzheimer’s.”
PETA president Ingrid Newkirk recently wrote to Nancy Reagan, outlining the research that supports those conclusions. “[W]e hope that you will be happy that we chose your husband’s powerful image (we have purchased the photograph) and used it most respectfully to capture people’s attention,” Newkirk wrote. “We realize that you are exceedingly busy, but if you could spare a few moments, this campaign would be helped significantly by a brief note of support from you.”
Nancy Reagan not only didn’t send back a letter of support; her people fired off a cease-and-desist letter. “Discontinue any use of President Reagan’s name, signature, quote, image or likeness,” came a missive from Kirby Elizabeth Hanson, Director of Business Development for the Ronald Reagan Foundation. “You have no authority, license or consent from President and Mrs. Reagan (or their legal representatives or licensee) for such use.”
“We were hoping to get Nancy Reagan’s endorsement, but the truth is — because he was a public figure and because we’re not looking to sell a product or make money off his image — we don’t need her permission,” a PETA insider told The Scoop. So PETA is doing an on-line poll at PETA.org to let the public vote as to whether they should use Reagan’s photo.
“This is an important issue, but it’s a sensitive one as well,” the insider told the Scoop. “We’ll defer to public opinion on this one.”