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Swift concert attack plan convict fails to get Disney damages / Photo: Lisa O'CONNOR - AFP
Swift concert attack plan convict fails to get Disney damages
An Austrian convicted for planning to attack a 2024 Taylor Swift concert in Vienna on Wednesday failed to win damages from Walt Disney over the publication of his family's address in a documentary series on the US megastar's tour.
Disney has been screening the series on Swift's record-breaking "Eras" tour since last year, which included sequences on three concerts being cancelled in Vienna after authorities warned of an Islamic State group (IS) plot.
In May, an Austrian court sentenced Beran A., 21, to 15 years in jail after he admitted plotting a foiled jihadist attack on the Swift concert.
In the documentary series on Disney+ titled "The End of an Era" Beran A.'s residential address was briefly seen, leading to the Austrian to demand damages.
His lawyer, Ukrike Zeller, argued her client's personal sphere and security had been endangered through the publication "to an audience of millions".
But judge Nicole Baczak dismissed the claim, saying "a concrete endangerment" of Beran A. was unsubstantiated.
She also added neither Beran A. nor the address could be recognised through what has been published.
Zellner said she would appeal the verdict.
Georg Kresbach, the lawyer representing Walt Disney, argued that the disputed material had been removed in May, shortly after the complaint was received.
He also said Beran A.'s parents, who still live at the address, were compensated 3,000 euros ($3,400) each.
Beran A. went on trial in April on terror offences and other charges in Wiener Neustadt outside Vienna. He was arrested the day before the cancelled concert and has been detained since.
J.Hall--SMC
