Ukrainian defeated HBO: director Prymachenko defended copyright in US court
Фото: Facebook/Andriy Pryymachenko
Ukrainian director Andriy Pryimachenko has defended the rights to his work, which was used without permission by the American television company HBO in the series “Chernobyl”.
He announced this on Facebook.
The copyright infringement case began back in 2019 after the premiere of the series “Chernobyl”.
In the first episode of the film, the directors used, without permission or knowledge, a video by Priymachenko, which contained a recording of telephone conversations between the dispatcher of the central fire communications point with dispatchers of the Chernobyl NPP’s paramilitary fire department and with the fire department leadership.
Prymachenko reported that an agreement was concluded with HBO.
“This is a significant precedent when it was possible to defend the copyright of a Ukrainian in a US court in a case with one of the largest American (and world) media companies,” Pryimachenko wrote.
He also said that his priority in the case was to restore justice.
“No matter what company it is, no matter what country it is from – whether it’s the USA or China – you can’t take someone else’s work and pretend like nothing happened,” he added.
Primachenko noted that, according to the terms of the contract, he could not disclose the details of the deal. However, in a comment to the media, he reported that the trial ended with a settlement agreement with the payment of a one-time financial reward.
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