>> A FOX NEWS ANCHOR IS SUING A TOY COMPANY FOR USING HER
LIKENESS FOR A TOY HAMSTER.
FOX NEWS ANCHOR HARRIS FAULKNER IS VERY UPSET AT HASBRO FOR
USING HER IMAGE AND NAME FOR A TOY
HAMSTER THAT IS ALSO REFERRED TO AS HARRIS FAULKNER.
>> IS THAT HER IMAGE?
IT IS DEFINITELY HER NAME.
FAULKNER IS KIND OF A COMMON NAME.
>> THEY USE HARRIS FAULKNER.
THAT IS A WEIRD NAME.
>> THE HAMSTER LOOKS WHITE TO ME.
>> YEAH, BUT IT HAS THE BIG DOE EYES.
>> HERE'S THE FUNNY PART, WHEN I HEARD HAMSTER I THOUGHT IT
WAS A SEX STORY.
WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, THERE WERE ALL THOSE STORIES
ABOUT RICHARD GERE.
>> OH, MY GOD.
THOSE ARE NOT REAL STORIES.
>> OF COURSE NOT.
SO I SAID OH, MY GOD SOMEONE MADE A SEX TOY WITH HARRIS
FAULKNER'S IMAGE?
I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO GET AWAY
WITH THIS.
AT THE END OF THE DAY I AM WITH THE FOX NEWS ANCHOR.
>>YES.
SHE IS SUING HASBRO FOR $5 MILLION.
SHE SUED HASBRO INC.
THIS WEEK IN U.S.
DISTRICT COURT OF NEW JERSEY FOR CREATING, MANUFACTURING,
AND DISTRIBUTING FOR SALE A PLASTIC TOY HAMSTER NAMED
HARRIS FAULKNER AS PART OF ITS PET PAWSIBILITIES TOY LINE.
>> THAT IS TOO CUTE.
YOU SHOULD END THE LAWSUIT ON THAT LINE.
>> LAWYERS FOR FAULKNER SAYS HASBRO'S INCHES TALL
PLASTIC HAMSTER HAD WILLFULLY AND
WRONGFULLY APPROPRIATED FAULKNERS UNIQUE AND VALUABLE
NAME AND DISTINCTIVE PERSONA FOR ITS OWN FINANCIAL GAIN.
THIS IS MY PERSONAL FAVORITE PART OF THE LAWSUIT, IT
GOES ON TO COMPLAIN THAT PACKAGING FOR THE TORY WARNS
IN CAPITAL LETTERS THAT HARRIS FAULCONER IS A "CHOKING HAZARD".
>> PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE USING THIS FOR THE WRONG REASONS.
LOOK, THAT LAST PART I DON'T AGREE WITH.
ALL TOYS ARE A CHOKING HAZARD.
THEY HAVE TO BE THERE FOR LEGAL REASONS.
I DON'T KNOW WHY IN THE WORLD THEY PICKED HARRIS
FAULKNER'S NAME.
SHE IS RIGHT IN SUING FOR 5 MILLION.
YOU CAN'T JUST USE SOMEONE'S NAME FOR A PRODUCT AND PROFIT
OFF OF IT.
I DON'T THINK SHE'S GOING TO COLLECT 5
MILLION, THAT IS A FAIR WAY OF SAYING YOU ARE APPROPRIATING
MY NAME AND YOU DON'T HAVE A LEGAL RIGHT TO DO THAT.
OTHERWISE THEY WOULD NAME PET HAMSTERS AFTER EVERYBODY.
>> RIGHT.
I FEEL I WOULD BE DELIGHTED IF THERE WAS A TOY
NAMED AFTER ME.
>>BUT YOU WOULD BE FURTHER DELIGHTED IF THEY PAID YOU FOR
IT.
>> OF COURSE.
BUT IT SHOWS YOU HOW FAULKNER IS ON A COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT LEVEL FROM ME.
IN MY WORLD I WOULD BE LIKE OH, THAT IS FUCKING AWESOME.
BUT WITH FAULKNER, SHE IS ALREADY SO WEALTHY AND
POWERFUL THAT SHE IS LIKE, OKAY, HOW CAN I GET PAID FOR THIS?
WHICH SHE HAS A RIGHT TO DO.
I THINK THIS IS A VERY LEGITIMATE LAWSUIT.
I PUT MYSELF IN HER SHOES AND HOW I WOULD ACT DIFFERENTLY.
>> SO MANY MORE PEOPLE WATCH YOU THEN HARRIS FAULKNER.
FOX NEWS IS POPULAR, BUT HARRIS FAULKNER IS A TINY PART OF
THAT ORGANIZATION.
SHE APPEARS ON OUTNUMBERED FROM TIME TO TIME.
SHE IS NO BIG DEAL, SHE JUST THINKS SHE IS BECAUSE SHE
IS ON TV.