The whole Iron Cross fiasco we covered last week is getting a whole lot worse. Basically, after getting flack for deleting an offending review of a major investor, Variety republished it. And the investor was not happy. Not one bit. So, in the time honoured manner of resolving matters of honour, they are going to sue the pants off the film magazine.
Is there a refund on that?
Basically they claim Variety told them they had a serious chance of being an Oscar contender. Despite not having any buzz or even a distributor. And the producers of Iron Cross bought it. I’m fairly sure that if Lesbian Vampire Killers wanted to spend nearly half-a-million, Variety would tell them they had a serious chance of winning an Oscar too.
If this case goes to court – and I doubt it will – it will undoubtedly be a benchmark over how much editorial control advertisers can and should have over the publications they advertise in. Even based on my somewhat rusty knowledge of the First Amendment, the advertisers haven’t got a snowball’s chance in hell of winning. Or so I hope, at any rate.
I guess we’ll see. It’s still fascinating to observe.
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