In times like these we gotta worry about what has already been said or done. Depending on whether or not its a music video or a catch phrase and even a scene from a movie. Copy-write is a serious matter and when I say times like these I say that because it is so easy to get in trouble about what you say. Without you even knowing it something you say or do could lead to plagiarizing something. I mean if you think about it, it’s fair because the person that came up with that phrase first deserves all the credit right? But one could also argue that if you made that phrase a bigger thing than it was to begin with then shouldn’t it be yours, I mean the only reason there catch phrase is big now or anything they had done is because you made it big. People go through this everyday of being accused of copy-write even if they haven’t actually done anything wrong.

This week in class we had to read an article about South Park being sued for making a parody of “What What (In the Butt)”. Now for those that don’t know “What What (In the Butt)” was created by Sam Well and it’s just silly video of him saying what what in the butt. What South Park did was make a parody of this video and Sam Well and his team felt that South Park didn’t stay within the parameters of the copy write notice. South Park obviously denied that there was any breach in the copy write notice saying they did the parody well in parameters. It was taken to court then the judge also declared that South Park did not breach anything and determined that a clip that lasts less than a minute in a 25-minute episode wasn’t substantial enough to ruin Brownmark’s market enjoyment of its video. Even though South Park was following all the rules and not totally ripping off the “What What (In the Butt)” video, they were still taken to court. Granted the original was downloaded more than 41 times, it still goes to show how careful one must be and how easy it is to get sued for copy write violations.

I went and did some more digging about some other people and organizations that have been hit by copy write laws. On May 7 of this year Jennifer Lopez and her production company were sued for copy write violations for $150,000 in damages. The person that sued was a photographer named Steve Sands who alleges that Lopez posted a photo taken by Sands on Instagram. Like think about that, this guy is really suing Jennifer Lopez for a photograph and not for a low amount of money either. Sands says that Lopez and her production company did not licensee the photograph or get permission from him to post it. This isn’t the first time she’s been sued for a photograph too, but was also sued by Splash News and Picture Agency for $150,000 in October 2019. This just goes to show how easy it is to sue someone for copy write violations and it makes you think about how carful you gotta be in this day and age.

https://www.natlawreview.com/article/jennifer-lopez-sued-copyright-infringement

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