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Australian Federal Court Awards Damages To Artist For False Copyright Claim

Posted by Soulskill on from the it's-a-start dept.

New submitter BarryHaworth writes "In a decision handed down earlier this month, the Australian Federal Court awarded damages to Aboriginal artist Richard Bell over a false claim of copyright infringement. The claim related to a take-down notice claiming copyright infringement from film footage used in a trailer for a film being made by the artist. The court declared Mr. Bell the owner of the copyright and awarded him $147,000 in damages for lost sales of paintings and catalogues. At time of writing, YouTube does not appear to have caught up with the decision."

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  1. This Can't Be! by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 5, Funny

    How could an artist be awarded a copyright? Only corporations are allowed to own those...

  2. Re:The defendant didn't show up by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    May be the FBI can extradite her to the Australia.