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20/01/16
Spotting the problem: New claims against Spotify
Spotify has had two copyright law suits brought against them in the last two weeks. The first claim is by David Lowery, who is claiming copyright infringement. Lowery is seeking $150 million from Spotify for illegally duplicating and distributing his band “Cracker and Camper Van Beetoven” songs. The second claim is by Melissa Ferrick a...
20/01/16
Copyright Catfight
Is your cat worth $100 million? If you answered yes, then you would be Tabatha Bundesen the owner of “Grumpy Cat”. Grumpy Cat is an ordinary cat with an underbite and feline dwarfism. This cat became an internet celebrity in 2012 because of its permanently grumpy face. The cat’s initial popularity originated from a picture...
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22/12/15
#TermsofUse #Instagram
Option 1: Terms of Use, read them, click agree. Option 2: Terms of Use, don’t read them, click agree. Undoubtedly option 1 is the correct option, but how many of you have taken option 2? According to the Carnegie Mellon University in Britain, 93% of people don’t read the terms and conditions when using a...
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17/12/15
PR and the “my client told me to do it” defence
Brisbane public relations agency Mercer PR came under fire recently after it released the identity of a female sexual assault complainant on Nauru in what was described as an “extraordinary” breach of privacy. The press response was brutal and even the Public Relations Institute of Australia waded into the fray, calling for better professional standards. Among...
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16/12/15
Is Reading Believing? Ask The ACCC
Should you always believe the labelling on packaging? In a recent case, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), has decided that Reckitt Benckiser the producer of Nurofen has gone too far in their marketing claims, and misled consumers. It was found that Nurofen Back Pain, Nurofen Tension Headache, Nurofen Period Pain and Nurofen Migraine...
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10/12/15
Public relations material now included in AANA Code of Ethics
The Code of Ethics is the cornerstone of the AANA self-regulatory system, providing a central set of principles to which all advertising and marketing communications should comply. Its purpose is to ensure that advertisements and other forms of marketing communications are legal, decent, and honest, having been prepared with a sense of obligation to the...
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08/12/15
Mellow Yellow
Yellow? Or YELLOW? Yellow the colour, or yellow the word? Does it really make a difference? In the recent Telstra Corporation Limited v Phone Directories Company Australia Pty Ltd (2015) it did. YELLOW has been held to not be distinctive of Telstra’s phone directory services. In two separate prior judgements Justice Murphy of the Federal...
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