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An actress is suing Amazon for $1 million for revealing her age on the company’s film and TV industry database IMDb. The suit says the actress, who didn’t want to reveal her identity, attempted to increase her exposure on the website in 2008 by subscribing via credit card to IMDb Pro, which offers more information than the public site. She changed her name and didn’t reveal her age when providing information for her profile, but soon after joining, her age appeared on the site, “revealing to the public that plaintiff is many years older than she looks,” the lawsuit states, according to AFP. The info harms her chances of landing film roles, the suit claims. She believes the site performed record searches using her credit card information to obtain her age; she has asked the information to be removed, but IMDb has not done so. The lawsuit alleges fraud, breach of contract and violations of her private life and consumer rights. Amazon declined comment, the report says.
Actress Sues Amazon For Showing Her Age On Industry Database IMDb
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I have a feeling she is unaware that she just unlocked The Streisand Effect: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect
I agree with the person on the suit.
IMDB has an antiquated system. More up to date databases like Studio System and TVTracker are more expensive because they have research teams to make sure information is correct. If you ask Studio System to change something or correct something, it’s usually a simple email or input screen and the correction is made in a day.
Other issues are that databases like HCD at least twice a year try to verify their data. IMDB doesn’t track industry news to make corrections and seem to have no relationship to the industry.
IMDBpro is user unfriendly. Half the time corrections are rejected because the input/correction system is confusing.
Susan Lucci does know she’s not 25, right?
This is why Hot in Cleveland is funny. Idiotic actresses are really concerned that their real ages get published.
I too have lost out on auditions because my age is on imdb. There is simply no good enough reason to list a middle-class or struggling actor’s age when you consider that it could be costing that actors thousands of dollars. The union has been working hard with imdb trying to work something out, but they won’t budge an inch. My suggestion would be to list only the ages of stars – maybe only list people with very high Star Meters.
And John t- you are totally wrong. Changing info is much more difficult than adding it. Imdb requires hard copy documentation and various other hoop jumping.
The IMDB wants to be seen as an objective data source and wants the protections that go along with that designation, but in reality you can buy your way into and out of credits on the site. The day that the IMDB began offering bogus “film festivals” where you could pay to submit a screenplay or short film in order to get credits on the site was the day that IMDB lost its credibility.
Hey JohnT, you’re the idiot. IMDB is not wikipedia. Users can’t just change things. IMDB has wrong information listed about me and many of my friends and colleagues, and we’ve all tried to have info changed, and it is impossible. It is a real problem because some people cite IMDB as gospel.
a) If the info is correct than what’s she going to do? Sue them for providing something that could have been found with a simple Google search?
b) There ain’t no way this actress has lost $1 million worth of work because someone thinks she’s 32 instead of 28.
c) 99% of actors I know who say they “play younger than they look” are deluding themselves. Casting people do this all day every day, they know how old you really are.
d) This is America. Anyone can sue anyone for anything. Doesn’t mean she’ll win a dime.
e) Eat me.
I tried removing old pictures and they said, “YOU CAN’T!”
WTF! ??????
WHO ARE THEY?
It’s time someone wrote an article about how IMDB “works” – I had to threaten to sue to get something taken down about a client that was (a) factually wrong and (b) posted by anyone regarding a personal connection. There is zero accountability at this company, owned by Amazon (the great and powerful Amazoz!). And we who pay for it receive absolutely zero help on getting things done, except via there chaotic and passe ‘customer service.’
In August this year I applied for IMDb to remove two absolutely incorrect ‘credits’ they had decided to put up on my page. They had the nerve to reply by saying my changes had to be approved and it could take up to 7-10 days. Approved? by whom They are just plain WRONG!! And now, over 2 months later, the incorrect credits are still there. I was searched by a prospective employer, who at least had the good sense to question what was there – rather than taking it face value. Others may not have done so. It’s appalling that a so-called data base can get it SO wrong – just by trawling the internet and picking up on ‘key words’… and somehow it’s ‘okay’. Step up to the plate you guys.
While I’ve noticed a handful of actresses on IMDB who can’t seem to make up their mind what year they were born, if the actress in question had any real talent, nobody would care how old she is. Helen Mirren, Judi Dench, Meryl Streep, Catherine Deneuve and others work regularly (and in quality projects) so it sounds like this actress is probably nothing more than aging sex symbol without enough talent to go for roles that call for something more than blond hair and big tits.
Dorothy – obviously another idiot who doesn’t know what she’s talking about. Just because Helen, Judi, Meryl, Catherine and others work regularly regardless of their age, doesn’t mean any of them want their age on the page either. The point is none of us gave them permission to put our ages up there. And considering the phishing and fraud going on in the world and all the warnings about having too much of your personal information out there, I’d balk at having my age shown regardless of whether I looked it, played it or whatever. And you obviously can’t read because the lawsuit alleges that IMDB gets the information under false pretenses and uses for uses that were not agreed upon. So many times, you have to give your birthday to prove you are of legal age, that doesn’t mean you’ve granted them permission to fraudulently publicize it.
I know it seems stupid, but it’s actually very annoying. I mean obviously it isn’t going to keep you from getting a job, but it does change people’s perception of you. If you appear to be younger than you are and then they look you up and see your real age. They no longer see you the same. And this can affect your livelihood. That being said, it’s not really something you can control, if IMDB has the info.
She doesn’t get work because she is a bad actor and/or has a bad agent, if she’s even repped. Blacklist anyone?
All joking aside, if they culled data from her credit card that really doesn’t seem appropriate unless there was some kind of checkbox that she inadvertently forgot to uncheck.
Too much self-importance these days !!!
IMDb is a horrible source or misinformation; good luck keeping something legit on there when users can submit ‘updates’.
But they are so lazy even on fact-checking submitted updates would they really go to the trouble running some sort of check on her credit info to get her age.
Like it or not, casting decisions are influenced by the information that IMDB has posted. In one case, IMDB posted a client’s DOB incorrectly (making him seem 10 years older than he was)and casting directors took this as factual; resulting in him losing out. After close to a year of demanding a correction, IMDB made the change. Sure enough, casting hired same actor for similar roles. Industry looks at IMDB as Gospel.
IMDB should not post DOB unless authorized.
You can’t go in and change the birthdate yourself. IMDB refuses to listen to anyone who calls, emails, or otherwise contacts them about changing an incorrect birthdate. At any rate, in a town rife with age discrimination, they should just take birth year and age off IMDB/IMDB pro. There’s no need for the information and it messes with a lot of people’s careers.
I’ve tried to get my incorrect credits removed several times with no success. I hope she gets somewhere.
IMDB needs to allow actors to remove their age! It can certainly cause prejudice.
I sympathize with her–I play about fifteen years younger than my age (the upside of being unattractive–you don’t always show your age as fast as someone who’s beautiful) and never tell anyone my real age. As soon as someone hears a certain age, they’re going to see you in a different light. It doesn’t change the way you look, but it can fatally change the perception.
Just as alarming to me, though, is the idea that IMDb used her credit card to find information about her. Yes, I know a person’s age is public in many venues–school records, etc.–but when I give a company my credit card number to pay for something, I don’t expect them to use it to dig up personal facts about me. I guess I need to be on the alert about this now.
The other people who should be targeted for a lawsuit are these websites that gather your personal information and put it out there for anyone to see. Even non-actors experience age discrimination, though maybe not as much. These days a prospective employer can find out things about you that would be illegal for them to ask you in an interview, including how old you are.
Susan Lucci knows she isn’t 25, right?