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Photographer sues Miley Cyrus for sharing his photo without permission

Sep 13, 2022 by Dunja Djudjic 9 Comments
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Famous singer Miley Cyrus recently found herself in the middle of a copyright infringement lawsuit. As it often happens with celebrities, she was sued after posting a photo of herself on social media without asking for permission first. What’s more, she was sued by the same paparazzo who sued Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande (twice) and Dua Lipa over the same thing.

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Photographer loses contest prize after another artist claims he’d taken the photo

Aug 18, 2022 by Dunja Djudjic 10 Comments
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Photographer Clancy Gebler Davies won the British Journal of Photography (BJP) Female in Focus Award last year. However, her winning sparked some controversy after another photographer accused her of, well, basically stealing the photo. He claimed that it was he who actually took the shot, and it resulted in the winning image being withdrawn from the Awards completely.

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Chi Modu estate sues Universal Music Group for using a 2Pac photo without permission

Jun 30, 2022 by Dunja Djudjic Add Comment
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Chi Modu captured some of the most iconic photos of the 1990s hip-hop stars. The late photographer’s estate recently got in another legal battle, this time against Universal Music Group (UMG).

UMG allegedly used one of Modu’s iconic images of Tupac Shakur in a 2019 blog post. The estate claims that the copyright info was removed and they’re now suing UMG for copyright infringement.

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Notorious BIG estate thinks “parasite” photographers shouldn’t sell their photos of celebrities

Jun 3, 2022 by Dunja Djudjic 3 Comments
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Biggie Smalls estate (Notorious B.I.G., LLC) has filed a lawsuit against the wife of the famous hip hop photographer Chi Modu. According to Biggie’s estate, the late photographer’s wife should stop selling merchandise with the famous rapper photos. They claim it violates their right to publicity, even calling Chi Modu “a parasite.”

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“Copyright troll” sues student newspaper after using Creative Commons photo

Jun 2, 2022 by Dunja Djudjic 6 Comments
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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 conditions could cost a student newspaper team thousands of dollars.

A student media group reportedly used a photo from a popular Creative Commons website to illustrate their article. However, the photographer who took the image claims it was copyright infringement and is suing the newspaper for over $5,000.

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Judge rules in favor of Pinterest after photographer sues them for copyright infringement

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May 27, 2022 by Dunja Djudjic 1 Comment
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Pinterest is a place where we can find inspiration for all kinds of creative endeavors. For me, it’s usually seeing the picture, then clicking on it to read the article behind it and learn something new I can apply to my creative work.

However, a photographer from Princeton, New Jersey sued Pinterest over those photos pinned on people’s boards. He claimed that Pinterest shared over 50 of his photos without permission and sued them for copyright infringement. But the judge disagreed and ruled in favor of Pinterest in this unusual case.

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Snoop Dogg proclaims “m********ing photographers” shouldn’t own celebrity photos they take

Mar 10, 2022 by Dunja Djudjic 9 Comments
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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 isn’t the case. So, many celebrities also got sued by photographers after posting their photos without permission.

Rapper Nas has recently joined the club after a photographer sued him for sharing his photo. And it got his colleague Snoop Dogg so mad that he posted a video claiming that *beeeep* photographers shouldn’t own their own photos.

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Future Croatian Euro coin based on a stolen photo, photographer claims

Feb 9, 2022 by Dunja Djudjic 3 Comments
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In an ideal world, anyone in the creative business knows that you can’t just rip off someone’s work, edit it a bit, and present it as your own. But this is not an ideal world, as Scottish photographer Iain H. Leach recently experienced. He claims that a Croatian designer stole his photo to design a future Croatian Euro coin – and he even won a massive monetary prize for it.

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Photographer files a lawsuit over iconic Pulp Fiction poster, court says he’s too late

Dec 2, 2021 by Dunja Djudjic Add Comment
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Firooz Zahedi, the photographer behind the iconic Pulp Fiction movie poster, filed a lawsuit against Miramax. He claims that the company broke the contract by using his image on a bunch of consumer products, but he was too late. The court rejected the suit alleging that he was too late to file it.

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The best ways to register your copyright

May 7, 2021 by Varun Raghupathi Add Comment
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Yes, you own the actual copyright to your work when you create it, but you do not have the full protection of the law unless you register it. That one little [online form] from the copyright office will change your life.

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