Thereafter, Orton filed a personal-injury action against Masquerade, Wynne, and Hickum, in which he asserted that Masquerade and Wynne (collectively "Masquerade") were vicariously liable for Hickum's negligent actions. *766 At some point during his performance, Hickum cracked his whip in the direction of the audience at the edge of the stage and, in doing so, struck Orton in the left eye, seriously injuring him. Not long before the drag show was scheduled to conclude, Hickumwho performed under the stage name "Genre"began his routine, in which he sang and danced while dressed as a dominatrix, brandishing a whip. But neither he nor any other Masquerade employee otherwise exercised any supervisory control over the performers' specific routines. Wynne hired the performers for that night's festivities via oral agreements, paid them in cash based on door receipts, and told them the approximate time they would be going on stage. The entertainment that night entailed a deejay Masquerade employee Wynneplaying dance music during a drag show, in which female impersonators lip-synced to songs played on the venue's sound system while performing lively dance routines. Viewed in the light most favorable to the nonmovant, the record shows that in the early morning hours of July 22, 2007, Orton was a patron at Masquerade, which operates as a nightclub and concert venue. The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of Masquerade and Wynne, and Orton appeals, arguing that the trial court erred in finding as a matter of law that Masquerade and Wynne were not vicariously liable for Hickum's negligence because Hickum was an independent contractor. In this personal-injury case, Daniel Lee Orton sued Masquerade, Inc., Christopher Wynne, and Shawn Hickum, alleging that Masquerade and Wynne were vicariously liable for the injury he suffered as a result of Hickum's negligence during a performance at Masquerade. Copeland, Atlanta, Lee Patrick Gutschenritter, for appellees. Tanksley, James Cameron Tribble, for appellant.Ĭarlock, Copeland & Stair, Wade K. The acquisition was first reported by Business Insider.*765 Charles B. So even before you consider the IP and technical know-how that Facebook is picking up in MSQRD, acquiring the startup is interesting in that wider strategy simply to keep up with the Joneses. It then cloned Snapchat features in other apps when its M&A play proved unsuccessful. While Facebook dominates the world of messaging apps with Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram, Snapchat and its spin in ephemeral messages that disappear has proven to be a huge hit with younger users.įacebook even tried to acquire Snapchat in the past for around $3 billion to make sure it can keep hold on that demographic. The news is an interesting development in the bigger competition among messaging apps to capture more audience in an increasingly tight market. MSQRD had two investors, Yuri Gurski and Gagarin Capital, and it has been on a steady rise in popularity since launching las year. Facebook says that key members of the team, Eugene Nevgen, Sergey Gonchar and Eugene Zatepyakin, will work out of its London office. MSQRD, which had been based out of Belarus, will continue to release its app as a standalone product. It was a pure hoax, Gordeev confirmed to us. MSQRD and Facebook are not disclosing the price of the deal, but interestingly, it was only two weeks ago that an investor out of Russia, Eugene Gordeev, posted that MSQRD was getting acquired by Apple for about $117 million. The company has been putting a big emphasis on expanding its video features, including its video editing tools to add features like stickers and texts on images, and this is part of that strategy. We’re excited to welcome Masquerade to our team and continue enhancing the Facebook video experience,” a spokesperson for Facebook said. “Masquerade has built a fantastic app, MSQRD, with world-class imaging technology for video. Today, the company confirmed that it has bought Masquerade, like Looksery an app that adds fantastical filters to your smartphone-generated images, but this time focused on video. The startup (written usually as MSQRD) confirmed the acquisition in a blog post, while Facebook confirmed the news to us directly. Snapchat bought Looksery to supercharge its animated selfie filters, and now Facebook has made an image filtering acquisition of its own to keep up the messaging pace.
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