copyright
Hipster upset his photo was used to claim all hipsters look alike – discovers photo was a different hipster
Mar 8, 2019
Dunja Đuđić
When he recognized himself in a photo following an article about “all hipsters looking the same,” a hipster got furious. He sent an angry email…
Kodak’s terms screw over 4,000 photographers by stripping them of copyright to their own work
Feb 25, 2019
Dunja Đuđić
In early 2017, Kodak introduced its on-demand photography service Kodakit. While it may have sounded like a good idea, it turns out that the service…
Google news links may lose thumbnail photos because of EU copyright directive
Jan 22, 2019
Dunja Đuđić
You know what Google news results look like when the page doesn’t load properly? If EU Copyright Directive Article 11 and 13 pass, all Google…
Clothing company shuts down after a copyright dispute with photographer
Jan 1, 2019
Dunja Đuđić
You may have followed a recent copyright dispute between concert photographer J. Salmeron and Thunderball Clothing. What started as one of the disputes we see…
Jennifer Lopez sued for $150,000 after posting a photo of herself to Instagram
Dec 21, 2018
Dunja Đuđić
After Bruno Mars, Gigi Hadid and Rod Stewart, Jennifer Lopez is also being sued for allegedly using someone else’s photo without permission. After the pop…
Media companies can’t use your social media photos without permission, court rules
Dec 13, 2018
Dunja Đuđić
Back in June 2017, a photo of Donald Trump crashing a wedding at his golf course resort went viral. Jonathan Otto took the photo, shared…
If the real world worked like the online-photography world of stolen photos
Dec 11, 2018
Missy Mwac
If the real world worked like the online-photography world of stolen photos posted to websites and ads: <insert crying> Why is everyone so mad? I…
Fox News uses photo even after the owner rejects them
Oct 29, 2018
Dunja Đuđić
It’s not always easy to determine what falls under fair use of images. But if you ask for a permission to use a photo and…
Photographer sues Netflix for using his photo in “Stranger Things” without permission
Sep 19, 2018
Dunja Đuđić
Perhaps you remember the case from earlier this year, when Netflix was accused of using a storm image without permission for its hit show Stranger…
Rod Stewart sued for £10,000 over copyright infringement after using a photo for a gig backdrop
Sep 6, 2018
Dunja Đuđić
We’ve seen celebrities getting sued (and banned from Instagram) for copyright infringement. After Bruno Mars, Brian May, and Gigi Hadid, now it happened to Sir…