<Legal cases involving reality TV shows in Australia.
After an extensive search I found the following cases:
The Federal Court in Sydney found Crackerjack Productions Pty Ltd
misled job seekers about the availability of work offered while making
a reality television program for Network Ten. Candid footage of the
job seekers was shot. The case was brought by the Australian
Competition and Consumer Commission. 138 people applied for the fake
jobs. Two were hired and secretly filmed for the show Mind Games ? A
Real Life Adventure. The program was shown on Network 10 on August
4th, 2001.
Crackerjack was ordered to send letters of apology to the participants
and to refrain from similar conduct in the future.
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/05/13/1021002430773.html
http://66.102.11.104/search?q=cache:v0KVIQMEqk4J:www.accc.gov.au/pubs/publications/journals/consumer_express/CE_August2002.pdf+australia+%22legal+action%22+reality+tv&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
http://66.102.11.104/search?q=cache:VbN2Ryb2pmkJ:www.accc.gov.au/smallbus/publicat/Brief_Sept_2002.PDF+crackerjack+job+candid&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
Tony and Chris Bolton are suing the Seven Network for breach of
copyright over a TV concept they allege Seven used without their
permission.
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/06/26/1056449367152.html
Survivor sued over Aboriginal music rights.
http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/s322840.htm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/1419821.stm
I?m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here survives lawsuit.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2658137.stm
http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,5178636%255E1702,00.html
The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority is taking legal advice on
prosecuting Survivor?s producers and a contestant. One of the
characters appeared to snap off and souvenir a piece of coral.
http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/s271832.htm
Survivor Entertainment Group faces the threat of legal action under
Queensland's Animal Protection Act, 1925 for the multiple stabbing of
a feral pig in an episode of Survivor II
http://www.hsi.org.au/news_library_events/press_releases/N33.htm
Legal action threatened against Big Brother prompts them to apologise
for airing a racist comment.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/06/09/1055010932115.html?from=storyrhs
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/06/09/1055010926628.html>
<Search strategy:>
I searched for various phrases including the words Australia,
Australian, Au, Aussie, legal action, law suit, lawsuit, sued, suing
and to sue. Some examples are:
<"australian tv" "legal action">
<://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=%22australian+tv%22+%22legal+action%22>
<"reality tv" sued au>
<://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=%22reality+tv%22+sued+au>
<"tv show" sued Australia>
<://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=%22tv+show%22+sued+australia>
<au "legal action" "reality tv show">
<://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=au+%22legal+action%22+%22reality+tv+show%22>
<Hope this helps.> |
