IMDb isn't obligated to change the release date listed for a film, even though the producer alleges it's inaccurate, is hurting his ability to distribute it and has been making these requests for years.claiming his science feature filmwas stolen by a third party, the site incorrectly lists that person as the distributor and refuses to correct it.
"Plaintiff’s improper attempt to both censor and force speech on IMDb’s website is precisely the sort of case involving an 'act in furtherance of a person’s right of . . . free speech' against which California’s anti-SLAPP statute was designed to protect," argues Moez Kaba, who nods to the site's win in a suit demanding that it had to add someone as a film's producer.
"Even if Plaintiff had pled an underlying claim, his request for declaratory relief is time-barred by the applicable statute of limitations," Kaba continues."Plaintiff has known for at leastlisted the information he now wants removed, including the 2002 release date. His delay in filing this lawsuit is inexcusable."
L.A. County Superior Court Judge Elaine W. Mandel on Thursday issued a tentative ruling, heard arguments on the motion and briefly took the matter under submission before issuing a final ruling.
This data breach, misinformation and subsequent refusal to listen/amend happens far too often with IMDb. They have to allow people the right to amend their own profiles. It’s not for them to decide how industry professionals are portrayed to their peers.
They got a movie date wrong and got sued cause of that?