Ukrainian Director Successfully Secures Copyright Against HBO

• Andrii Prymachenko won a case against HBO regarding copyright infringement.
• The court proceedings lasted more than six years, concluding with a settlement.
• The video used portrays the dispatchers' conversations during the catastrophe.

This was reported by RBC Ukraine, Ukrayinska Pravda.

Ukrainian director Andrii Prymachenko has achieved success in protecting his copyright in a U.S. court. After six years of court proceedings, he signed a settlement agreement with HBO, which had used his video without permission in the first episode of the series Chernobyl.

The case was heard in the Southern District Court of New York. Andrii noted that this incident became a significant precedent, as he was able to secure copyright protections for a Ukrainian in a U.S. court against a major media company.

The video, which was used without permission, shows the transcripts of the dispatchers' conversations during the catastrophe at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant on April 26, 1986. After that, when Prymachenko contacted the production company, he received dismissive responses, prompting him to turn to the court.

The video was published on the YouTube channel Studia Peredova in 2013. The series Chernobyl is a joint project of the United Kingdom and the USA, created by screenwriter Craig Mazin and director Johan Renck. It depicts the events that occurred after the reactor explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.

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