Industry Liabilities

There are many different problems that surround the media industry. We really need to be careful at the moment we want to start our own company or use material that already exist. I’m going to share with you my thoughts about 3 different lawsuits.

The first one is Sony vs. Susan Dukow and Yvonne Yaconelli. These two ladies were seeking reinstitution for the harm caused by having their social security numbers, medical, and financial records breached. They were production managers on different films. One of them is “Spider-man.” This happened when the movie “The Interview” was coming out. Sony was hacked because of the content of the movie, and one of the main characters North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un. When a company starts getting involved with complicated topics, they are risking the company and employees. This problem affected former employees as well.

The second case is The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences vs. GoDaddy Inc. They are suing GoDaddy for allowing users to create domains with the Oscars trademark and running adds on their websites. When we trademark something, it’s because we want to be know by it and to be the only ones using it. Most of the people do this to obtain more visits in their sites and promote their stuff. None body has the right to use trademark from others. GoDaddy as a huge company shouldn’t allow the Oscars trademark as a domain of anybody. Not only the Oscars but also anything that is already registered to avoid situations like this one.

The third case in this post is about music. Dr. Luke is getting sued because he used copyright material on Jessie J song “Price Tag.” The breakbeat of the 1975 composition “Zimba Ku” that have been used in several songs was part of this Jessie J song. It seems that the music industry is changing because of this. In some cases, breakbeats are similar and that doesn’t mean someone is infringing on copyright material. We really need to put ourselves in the other person shoes to understand each part of the claim. This is a very complicated situation.