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Entertainment & Sports

Dec. 31, 2014

North Korea and Raging Bulls: The year in entertainment litigation

2014 brought a massive data breach of a major motion picture studio and watershed copyright rulings for the television and music industries.


By Matthew Blake


Daily Journal Staff Writer


2014 concluded with a volcanic eruption in entertainment litigation with six class actions filed against Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. related to the studio's massive data breach.


In each of the lawsuits, plaintiffs' lawyers contended Sony failed to take reasonable cybersecurity precautions allowing hackers - who the FBI concluded work for the North Korean government - to steal and post o...

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