Translation: decision by the Jurisdictional Affairs Sub-Direction of the National Copyright Direction: Carlos Alberto Massó Vasco v. Caracol Televisión S. A.
| Autor | Santiago Dionisio |
| Cargo | Estudiante de quinto año de Derecho de la Universidad Externado de Colombia, promoción 2020 |
| Páginas | 241-262 |
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Verbal procedure iniciated by Mr. Carlos Alberto Massó Vasco against the company
Caracol Televisión S. A., identified with the nit 860.025.674-2
Decision delivered by: Carlos Andrés Corredor Blanco
Bogotá D. C., 30th of January 2020
The Jurisdictional Affairs Sub-Direction of the National Copyright Direction,
presents the following decision transcript:
background
i. complaint
On 2nd of May 2018, a copyright infringement complaint was received by The
Jurisdictional Affairs Sub-Direction of the Special Administrative Unit, National
Copyright Direction, filed by Mr. Jesús María Méndez Bermúdez in representa-
tion of Mr. Carlos Alberto Massó Vasco, against the company Caracol Televisión
S. A., based upon the facts underneath summarized:
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moción 2020. Contacto: santiago.dionisio@est.uexternado.edu.co. Bogotá DC. (Colombia).
Para citar el artículo: Translation: Decision by the Jurisdictional Affairs Sub-Direction of
the National Copyright Direction: Carlos Alberto Massó Vasco v. Caracol Televisión S. A.
Revista La Propiedad Inmaterial n.º 29, Universidad Externado de Colombia, enero-junio,
2020, pp. 241-262. doi: https://doi.org/10.18601/16571959.n29.09.
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Jurisdictional Affairs Sub-Direction of the National Copyright Direction
1.1. Mr. Carlos Alberto Massó Vasco is a professional plastic artist specialized in
equine portraits and, in exercise of his craft, he has been rewarded with several
acknowledgements and held exhibitions at multiple art galleries.
1.2. The plaintiff created the following artistic works in 2000 Tres caballos en la
playa (Three horses at the beach), with registry certificate 5-429-44; in 2004 Com-
posición para expresiones en movimiento (Composition for moving expressions), with
registry certificate 5-429-42; and in 2006 Cabeza de caballo III (Head of a Horse
iii), with registry certificate 5-429-42.
1.3. In 2013 the limited company Caracol Televisión S. A. made and broadcasted
the audiovisual work La Selección, in which, without prior and express consent,
the mentioned artistic works were reproduced, made available, broadcasted, and
distributed.
1.4. The audiovisual production was sold in Argentina, Aruba, Bahamas, Anguilla,
Antigua, Barbados, Barbuda, Bermuda, Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican,
Ecuador, El Salvador, Granada, Guadalupe, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Cay-
man Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, British Virgin Islands, United States Virgin
Islands, Caribbean Islands, Mexico, Nevis, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru,
Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago, the United States of
America, Uruguay, Venezuela, San Martin and Sant Kitts.
1.5. To the date of filing of the complaint, the audiovisual production is available
to the public on the online platforms of Caracol Play and Netflix.
1.6. The audiovisual work La Selección has been commercialized in digital optical
disc storage formats (dvd and Blu-ray).
1.7. The demeanors fulfilled by the defendant infringed, among others, the eco-
nomic rights to copy, public performance, making available, and distribution, and
the moral rights of atribution and to keep a work unpublished, all of which reside
in Carlos Alberto Massó Vasco.
1.8. Due to the recounted facts, Mr. Carlos Alberto Massó Vasco contacted the
legal representants of the defendant, intending to conciliate on the differences
emerged from the harmful event.
1.9. The actions carried out by Caracol Televisión S. A., have caused grave dam-
ages, of both pecuniary and non-pecuniary nature to the plaintiff, which must
be compensated integrally according to the applicable principles in the subject.
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