Bad Bunny dismisses lawsuit over videos posted from Salt Lake City show
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SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — Bad Bunny has dismissed the lawsuit against a Spanish YouTube channel owner after accusing him of illegally posting bootlegged videos of songs the artist performed in Salt Lake City.
The reason for the dismissal, court documents state, is because the videos were removed and will not be reinstated.
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In March, Bad Bunny, whose real name is Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio, accused Eric Guillermo Madronal Garrone, of Madrid, Spain, of copyright infringement, violating anti-bootlegging statutes, and false endorsement.
Ocasio alleged Garrone publicly posted 10 videos of songs the artist performed to Garrone’s YouTube channel, “MADforliveMUSIC.” Neither Bad Bunny nor any person on his behalf authorized or consented to the videos, the lawsuit stated.
Additionally, the lawsuit stated the videos from the show “negatively impacts the market for authorized uses of the Bad Bunny works by, among other things, luring YouTube viewers and associated advertising revenue away from authorized videos of the Bad Bunny works and the official Bad Bunny YouTube channel.”
Bad Bunny originally sought damages of $150,000 per video, or damages and Garrone’s profits from the posted videos.
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The lawsuit stated YouTube took down the videos and gave notice to Garrone, who then submitted a counter-notification contesting the removal.
In his message to YouTube, Garrone said the videos are “collectively 100% original content and my own creation, thus not constituting infringement or violation regarding the use of third-party content.”
He also said that the Salt Lake City concert — the first date of the 47 planned across North America — constitutes “in itself a newsworthy event of high public interest.”
“In my opinion, the artist also benefits from the dissemination of the content in his own promotion, as his show is carefully captured, conveying the reality of the moment without alterations or post-production in the content,” Garrone said in the message.
Following the receipt of Garrone’s counter-notification, the lawsuit stated YouTube informed Ocasio (by way of his representatives) that it would repost the videos unless he sued, leading to the lawsuit.
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