The Federal Court has ruled that a US woman pay damages of $147,000 plus costs for her unjustified threats of legal action against an Australian indigenous artist and his agent.
The woman had assisted the artist in making some film footage for which she was paid. She then claimed she owned copyright in the footage and through a US law firm, sent threatening letters to the artist and his agent, a gallery owner.
The threats did not take into account the Australian law and no legal action was commenced. In determining the amount of damages the court took into account evidence that the film trailer was removed from public exhibition, which meant that the artist lost the opportunity to exploit the work at an advantageous time.
Read the full case here:
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/FCA/2012/246.html
To read more about this story go to: http://www.copyright.org.au/news-and-policy/details/id/2052/
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