The entertainment industry has very specific requirements outlined by contracts. Our policies are designed to precisely satisfy the broadcaster's or distributor's contractual requirements, often based in the US.
The television and film industry is like no other – with distinct insurance needs, such as Additional Insured certificates containing specific clauses. Beazley’s expert underwriters specialize in this industry and deeply understand its particular characteristics.
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Broad coverage including:
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The Beazley TV and Film E&O product offers seamless cover for a variety of risk categories, including:
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TV – Copyright infringement claim
We defended a copyright infringement claim against a TV production company insured that had used clips from a popular TV series during a documentary about one of its stars. The claimant was the owner of the rights to the TV series and complained that no licences had been purchased for use of the clips. The insured had sought legal advice ahead of broadcast that confirmed fair dealing defences would be available under the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988.
Proceedings were commenced in the US despite our insured being UK based and broadcast having been on the BBC. The claimant alleged that, because they were based in the US and people might have been able to view the documentary in the US, the US courts had jurisdiction to hear the matter. The US courts disagreed, and we were successful in our motion to dismiss at very early stages.
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Email MélinaMany generative-AI platforms are trained on insights from a range of data sources including pre-published information on the internet and beyond. By their nature, they are creating content, advice, and material that is likely to be generated from multiple sources.
Social media platforms like X (formerly known as Twitter), Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube have provided individuals with a publishing reach far beyond that of traditional media.
In our increasingly online world, the ease with which anyone, regardless of expertise, can publish articles, podcasts and videos, creates new risks for content creators and publishers, particularly the risk of being held liable for another’s reliance on their content, potentially regardless of whether they intended for their audience to rely on it.
