week 8 EOC ; legal questions

The ten questions to ask my lawyer according to my industry:

1. How would an artist really go about enforcing a contractual clause and what action can i take if violation are made?
2. Are there any terms that specifically could limit an actor's future work?
3. And if so how can we work around that?
4. A character in a film is reading a novel by a famous author. Do I need to get clearances for this and what if i don't?
5. Do non-union actors have the right to ask for more payment if the project will end up being in many more mediums than originally expected? (i.e.: the post said industrial but the paper work says industrial, print, web, etc.)
6. I made a film whilst at film school. It was not part of my course but I did use the school facilities. Does this mean they own the copyright?
7. I have used a brand logo in my film but have disguised it by calling the company a different name (a pun on their name). The design is otherwise identical though. Does this count as a breach of copyright? and can it still be a breach if the logo even after a change is still implying negativity of a well known business. 
8.  Who can claim copyright to my project after turned into a popular film? (author and work made for hire)

 9. what exclusive copyright laws do i have to a project that has made considerate accomplishment?
10. What must a producer provide to SAG and who would most directly benefit?

melon issue

Having your identity stolen is a crime. Having your label stolen and then killing not only 125 years of reputation but 33 people is a legal crime, but how do go fixing an issue with the thief when the thief has been found dead. This was the situation when a company that manufactured melons was hijacked of label and then sickened many to the point of death. Later going bankrupt, leaving the rocky Colorado farm with no way to bring justice. In my opinion they can still sue the other company but that will do nothing to lost revenue from the destruction of reputation across the states. Bringing them to court will not only hurt them in the usage of already low income but what can they do really. Maybe in a certain way they can have the other company openly admit to the crime and clear up a portion if not more of the doubt set into the minds of buyers toward the Colorado melon farm label.  They can as always start spreading their product little by little to the surrounding area and by the word of mouth have people share their experience with the authenticated  product that has been re established .

week 6 ; illicit trade

The trade on illicit goods has sky rocketed to a whole time high and to the discontent of many it is still rising. And the deal is not only on drugs but on things that can seem like harmless little trinkets. The most known and distributed is of course knock offs.  Purses, watches, cars, body parts and counter drugs are all falling into play when making fakes. In obviously the most disturbing of the areas of concern is the legalities. There are the terms under which people are failing to uphold the full value of whole priced items. Buying knock offs like DVD’s and bags and stuff of the same nature is causing not only legal beak of trademark copyrights but it diminishes the products value on each purchase.  You’re looking at years in jail just for knowing that the bag you just sold illegally could have come from a strange Chinese factory manned by children. And that’s not the worst part. We move on to the moral and ethical issues. You know or in this case the buyer is doing wrong. They willingly are as the movie said barely touching the tip of what is the whole of illicit trade.  They get taken on this round about search of a ware house someplace in the city and that whole way there the buyer has adrenalin rushing through their system felling the most bad ass criminal for smuggling a Rolex watch witch in some cases too, more trouble to acquire than just going into the dam shop and getting it. And besides just going through the motion of buying or selling is the little rush that goes through the body that they are doing something that in the long run going to cause a major upscale revolution. Still it’s bringing in more revenue than any original Louis Viton store can bring in in a year. So there you see the trafficking of “dirty money”. This is getting more revenue under the table that is completely un-taxable. I swear porn is getting more competition from face Gucci than from famous prostitutes. So you see it’s a serious issue and even as you read this around you the most common day people have the small “harmless” trinkets. And even now, to the discontent of many, illicit trade keeps sky rocketing to a new time high and still going.

Apple-Samsung patent battle week 5

     They found that Samsung infringed on a series of Apple’s patents on mobile devices, awarding Apple more than $1 billion in damages in reference to the New York Times. the link it seems that after much deliberation apple won. This could possibly have a wave effect on all Samsung users. "the life of Samsung products are now in the hands of the legal court system" http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/23627875 if the court rules in favor of apple they will be taking product of Samsung and taking them of the shelves themselves and according to the guidelines of apple. I think this is insane. Apple is placing the law suit knowing that if Samsung provides like enough services and like enough products they might start losing revenue. at least in my opinion its nothing against Samsung to witch i know has many loyal followers. It’s more for themselves and protecting their positions and future income. Now I also believe that even after so many “wars” that apple and Samsung have had both clientele on either side have taken a hit. Although according to Koco from Oklahoma City stated in a story they covered “The good news for consumers is that the trial proceedings in such disputes typically take so long that the products in question are often long obsolete by the time a judge rules”.
Read more: http://www.koco.com/news/money/apple-wins-latest-patent-battle-with-samsung/-/9843810/21407580/-/ii376v/-/index.html#ixzz2bWKPJKNV  so in any case we, as I am an apple user, shouldn’t worry about products that are already marked to be gone because they are Samsung products. If you are in a field in witch technology is a heavy set you might be amazed that small cameras being developed on our everyday phones are becoming more extraordinary and to some degree a lot cheaper than fully developed cameras on the market. That’s just my opinion though.

week 4 EOC ; Snowden

Week 4 EOC; Snowden

In all honesty it seems a bit ridiculous that the US can consider the fact that Snowden, being allowed asylum in Russia, be a threat to all the progress the both have made toward a better relation. I do however agree with certain ideas Snowden has put out into the world.  Some may agree that Snowden should be thanked for leaking the info for it has raised many controversies as to the gravity of the nation’s reaction to the release of private information.  Edward Snowden is seen by some as a humanitarian and as a result the president of Venezuela has gone as far as to offer humanitarian asylum after, according to McClatchy.com politics Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, also in Russia, similarly praised Snowden and said he deserves a “humanitarian medal” for exposing the NSA’s extensive spy network.(Read more here: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/07/02/195637/snowden-in-legal-limbo-his-flight.html#storylink=cpy).  In  many ways I truly agree. Not knowing is easier than living with the truth. And although it is stated that Snowden might not actually be humanitarian he is however an eye opener. The US is raising red flag knowing that like they use our info, people having US info can be used as a weapon against the United States as stated on NBC’s  world news. "Edward Snowden will potentially do great damage to U.S. national security interests and the information he is leaking could aid terrorists and others around the world who want to do real harm to our country. Russia must return Snowden to face trial at home." http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/08/01/19815210-snowden-asylum-threatens-us-russia-talks?lite  having said so, could this be a small hint that he could be charged with treason to the state. He was however found with more than one fault to the states and the law.

week 3

  “Ethics: The study of how people ought to act.   Ethics lies largely beyond the realm of law…”

- Jeffrey F. Beatty; Susan S. Samuelson. Cengage Advantage Books: Introduction to Business Law, 4th Edition., 2012. The Art Institutes. Web. 26 July 2013

 <http://digitalbookshelf.artinstitutes.edu/books/9781285810416/id/ch2-L1>.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, or Jahar as most of his friends and persecutors know him by, was or seemed like a perfectly well rounded high school kid. He had dreams and goals and ambitions.  Yet in the eyes of the people who now look upon him they see a monster.  After reading an article posted in the rolling stone I got an entire new look at what could have been a simple act of terrorism. most people would say that it might even be treason. he did in fact have his naturalized citizenship even though it is of major importance that the true reason for prosecution be  known and judged, The type of hearing the government must offer depends upon the importance of the property or liberty interest.- Jeffrey F. Beatty; Susan S. Samuelson. Cengage Advantage Books: Introduction to Business Law, 4th Edition., 2012. The Art Institutes. Web. 02 August 2013

 <http://digitalbookshelf.artinstitutes.edu/books/9781285810416/id/ch4-L12>.

So stating that one can imply that even with the  true evidence and the lack of concrete facts on the true story behind the crime  and because jahar cannot incriminate himself the whol case might not only last more that nessasary years but the nessarary effort as well . but on the same terms one could enforce strict liability: A high level of liability assumed by people or corporations who engage in activities that are very dangerous.- Jeffrey F. Beatty; Susan S. Samuelson. Cengage Advantage Books: Introduction to Business Law, 4th Edition., 2012. The Art Institutes. Web. 02 August 2013

 <http://digitalbookshelf.artinstitutes.edu/books/9781285810416/id/F16>.

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stand your ground

Florida statute 776.013(3) says: (a) person who is not engaged in an unlawful activity and who is attacked in any other place where he or she has a right to be has no duty to retreat and has the right to stand his or her ground and meet force with force, including deadly force if he or she reasonably believes it is necessary to do so to prevent death or great bodily harm to himself or herself or another or to prevent the commission of a forcible felony.
-http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/stand-your-ground-law-protects-those-who-go-far-beyond-that-point/1222930
So many things have happened in the last year that has hurt the nation. Although  not all is related to gun violence, the issues that are, are still being debated across many spectrums. Above is the stand your ground law that has come up again and again in the recent trials concerning death due to gun. I am a pro-gun person that insists that guns don’t kill people