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Dorje Teas, a subscription-based tea startup, has landed in hot water after receiving a legal notice from Sony Pictures over copyright viola...
https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/television/shark-tank-india-sends-legal-notices-to-startups-for-using-clips-from-their-own-pitch-founder-retorts-9310665/
Dezi Carmden
Stealth
6 months ago
Actually Sony or any other company can’t allow it, since during annual auditing process, there would be several queries raised as to why the content was given away for free and allowed to run, moreover internal politics will ensure that this issue gets raised and investigated.
And the concerned person within the company would have no way to know or allot value to this that who all is running their content.
Hence the easy way out is a blanket ban since the startups would not be willing to pay for their clips (most likely)
Jordon Taye
Stealth
6 months ago
They should have communicated this on the contract itself
Anise Olive
Stealth
6 months ago
Most likely they would have included it under a vague clause.
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They own the footage right? And if they make exceptions it leaves them vulnerable to others demanding the same right?
Bingo
Also, why would they not exercise exclusive rights over the footage? They're (presumably) spending so much time and effort to build a show, if business owners could just own the rights to their own footage, you'd just watch independent business' footage instead of the show.
Also, it's not just airing rights, but a slew of other appropriation rights that come with.
Also, also, this isn't a cruel thing Sony is doing, it's a very common (and sensible) clause that's put in everywhere from local speeches, to TedEd talks, to TV and movie appearances
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