Directors vs Broadcasters

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Mikael Pawlo <mikael () pawlo com>
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 12:16:13 +0200 (MEST)



http://grep.law.harvard.edu/article.pl?sid=02/10/20/029238

I just did a quick write-up for Greplaw on an interesting pending law suit
in Sweden. Two Swedish directors, Vilgot Sjoman and Anders Eriksson, are
about to file a suit against Swedish broadcaster Tv 4. According to the
author's rights or droit moral doctrine, the work may not be displayed or
changed in a way degrading to the author or the author's work. Tv 4 has
just changed its policy for commercial breaks. Breaks are now introduced
during movies. The commercial breaks used to be placed between the end and
start of a program.

The directors argue the breaks are degrading from an artistical point of
view. They want to try the commercial breaks in court from a copyright
perspective.

It should be noted, the suit is yet to be filed. However, in the light of
the Eldred case and the international development of copyright policy I
find this situation very interesting.

Regards

Mikael

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