November 20, 2014 Frank Sivero has sued the creators of ‘The Simpsons’ for creating a character he claims bears a likeness to him. Sivero alleged that Louie from ‘The Simpsons’ bears an uncanny resemblance to Frankie Carbone, a member of the mafia in ‘Goodfellas’. If Sivero is successful, the creators of ‘The Simpsons’ could have […]
By Annie Kinny and Matt Burgess, Director. The recent 2DAY FM radio station prank, which has been associated with tragic death of Jacintha Saldanha, has highlighted the issue of media standards (again) and resulted in offensive online chat going viral often following Australia v England patriotic tendencies. In the first instance the radio station hit […]
By Annie Kinny and Matt Burgess, Director. Facebook has a “no refund” policy. You agreed to their terms when entering their world so posting something within it is just as useless to you and your friends as posting what you ate for lunch (again). In response to a proposed change to Facebook’s’ privacy guidelines, users […]
By Danielle Daquino and Matt Burgess, Director. Taking on the big guns…. Attorney – General of Australia, Nicola Roxon, sought for tobacco giants to be ‘taken on and beaten’. Roxon seems to have reached that goal in light of the recent case of British American Tobacco Australia Ltd v The Commonwealth of Australia that was […]
By Danielle Daquino and Matt Burgess, Director. As the social media phenomenon moves from strength to strength, abuse continues to proliferate the cyber world. Social media has moved in leaps and bounds in recent years. Political leaders nationwide are calling for media and communication law enforcement. This has been sparked in light of recent attacks […]
By Annie Kinny and Matt Burgess, Director. The role of sportsmen and women has extended beyond ‘the game’ and into their personal lives and it has become more common for such persons to make the headlines, not only in relation to their sporting achievements but also in relation to what happens off the field. On […]
By Rebekah O’Sullivan and Matt Burgess, Director. Brightspark Production Ltd., a British film company marketing a number of direct to DVD titles has been sent a strong warning by Disney Pixar to stop releasing their DVD’s which ‘bear an uncanny resemblance,’ to Disney film titles. Brightspark’s latest DVD release to the market is a ‘45 […]
By Danielle Daquino and Matt Burgess, Director. Protecting your shoe DNA isn’t an easy feat, as two luxury heavy hitters have recently discovered. Just last week, a U.S Court handed down a decision in the ongoing legal battle between luxury shoemakers’ Christian Louboutin and Yves Saint Laurent. The ongoing fight since 2008 has seen Louboutin […]
By Rebekah O’Sullivan and Matt Burgess, Director. An interesting question that has attracted various media attention of late is: Are the digital files that we buy on iTunes, our property? Is my sound file of Nirvana playing ‘Teen Spirit,’ mine to leave to my children or do my rights to ownership expire with me? The […]
By Annie Kinny and Matt Burgess, Director. See our initial Blog article by clicking here. The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has banned Armstrong from cycling for life and erased him from every race in which he had competed since 1998. Despite the fact that Armstrong has never failed a blood or urine test, he […]