Unconscionable Contract
This Discussion Board is based on a court case involving Jennifer Lopez and Maureen Marder. The facts of the case are provided in a link below. You can also find a link below for the full case of Marder v. Lopez if you want to read the entire case. You can also find the case on Google Scholar. This case involves the movie Flashdance and a music video titled “I’m Glad” by Jennifer Lopez. I have provided a link to the music video if you want to watch it. If you are familiar with the movie, you might recognize some of the video re-creations of scenes from the movie. This is the subject of the lawsuit. Here is the link followed by a link to a comparison of scenes from the original movie, Flashdance, and the Lopez video: Jennifer Lopez – I’m Glad (Links to an external site.) Link (Links to an external site.) HERE ARE THE ISSUES AND QUESTIONS THAT YOU MUST ADDRESS IN YOUR INITIAL POST. PLEASE LIST EACH QUESTION AND ANSWER BY THE NUMBERS BELOW: What was the case about? Marder signed a general release when she sold the rights to Paramount Pictures Corporation. What is a release? Is that a contract? If a general release is a contract, who is the offeror(who made an offer) and who is the offeree (person who received the offer)? How did Lopez get involved in the lawsuit? How did Sony get involved? Does payment of $2,300 seem fair for a movie story that has made over $150 million dollars? What is an unconscionable contract? Was this an unconscionable contract? Marder v. Lopez Facts.docx Marder v. Lopez court opinion: Link
