Musician suing company for stealing all-female music festival idea
A country musician has sued a company for stealing her idea for a music festival.
A country musician has sued a company for stealing her idea for a music festival.
BrewDog has been accused by an American marketer, Jenny Frankart, of stealing her marketing ideas during a job interview. Frankart claimed BrewDog asked her to come up with ideas for a marketing position and flew from California to Columbus to attend four interviews. BrewDog denies the allegation.
Photographer Jill Greenberg, who is known for her animal portraits and fine art work, is suing ad agency McGarryBowen and Clorox Co. for copyright infringement.
A production company has failed in its "dreadfully late" attempt to get an interim injunction to stop the broadcast of a BBC comedy it claimed was copied from a script it produced.
It's been revealed YouTube, the world’s biggest video streaming site, has received 260,000 copyright infringement claims from Korea’s major broadcasting networks since last year.
An agency pitches an idea to a client while it is under retainer, but the idea is rejected. After their relationship ends, the agency finds out that the same idea is used by its client, with no credit.
Comedian Conan O'Brien, who was accused of stealing jokes from a comedian on Twitter, has settled a lawsuit with the comedian out of court. This puts an end to the prospect of a court case that would involve joke theft.
An ex-staff member of advertising agency BBDO has pointed out similarities between the advertising campaign for Cathay Pacific by Leo Burnett, and a pitch by his former agency.
A TV writer has filed a lawsuit against his talent agency, Creative Artists Agency (CAA), claiming that his agents stole his idea for a show and gave it to a client with a higher profile.
The former editor of video game site IGN has finally admitted to lifting words from another review.
Artificial Intelligence may be responsible for a lot of work that is not done by Creators, but it might soon be infringing upon the territory of the creative arts.
A photographer has discovered that a photo he took has been used without license in an advertisement for a watch company. The photos were found in a Lufthansa in-flight magazine ad promoting a "Bellevue Swiss Made" watch.
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