copyright
Photographer sues company for using his pigeon photo, wins $1.2 million in damages
Dec 21, 2022
Alex Baker
A photographer has won a staggeringly high amount in a recent copyright dispute. The Los Angeles Federal courts awarded photographer Dennis Fugnetti $1.2 million for…
It’s official: Midjourney used a “hundred million” images without permission to train is AI
Dec 21, 2022
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
David Holz, the founder of Midjourney, recently admitted something we’ve already assumed: the company’s AI was trained on hundreds of millions of images without consent…
Bella Hadid sued for posting a photo of herself without permission. Again
Dec 19, 2022
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Model Bella Hadid recently posted a photo of herself on Instagram without asking for the photographer’s permission. And now, she’s facing a copyright infringement lawsuit….
Photographer sues Paris Hilton for editing and posting photos without permission
Dec 16, 2022
Alex Baker
Welcome to another edition of Entitled Celebrity Gets Sued! This time it’s Paris Hilton’s turn. Photographer Claudia Fiorella Occhipinti filed a lawsuit against Hilton for…
Photographer loses case as Luxembourg court rules “not copyright infringement”
Dec 8, 2022
Alex Baker
Photographer Jingna Zhang has lost her case accusing artist Jeff Dieschburg of copyright infringement. The Luxembourg courts ruled on December 7th that the artist was…
Capture One is changing its perpetual license and ditches annual release cycle but it’s not as bad as it sounds
Dec 7, 2022
John Aldred
Capture One has sent out an email to customers stating that changes are coming to its perpetual license model. It’s doing a bit of an…
Artist sues Cardi B and her photographer for copying his Marge Simpson illustration
Dec 6, 2022
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Rapper Cardi B recently got herself in legal trouble that broke the internet. On Halloween, she published photos of herself dressed like Marge Simpson in…
Photography Copycats – The fine line between inspiration and ripping off others
Oct 27, 2022
David Williams
This is a tricky article to write. I’m writing it because of observations I’ve made within the photography community, so here goes. As photographers, we…
“Copyright troll” sues student newspaper after using Creative Commons photo
Jun 2, 2022
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
There’s a joke saying that the most common lie in the world is “I have read and understood Terms and Conditions.” Well, misunderstanding terms and…
Snoop Dogg proclaims “m********ing photographers” shouldn’t own celebrity photos they take
Mar 10, 2022
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
There are some celebrities who think that photos of them belong to them and that they can use them however they want. As you know, this…