lawsuit
Photographer loses case against Met museum who used his photo without permission
Apr 7, 2021
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
When the Metropolitan Museum of Art set up an exhibition in 2019, they used a 1982 photo by photographer Lawrence Marano. The photographer claims that…
Warhol estate loses four-year copyright battle with photographer over Prince artwork
Mar 29, 2021
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Back in 2017, the estate of Andy Warhol launched a preemptive strike against photographer Lynn Goldsmith over Warhol’s series based on her photo of Prince….
Sony sued in class-action over A7 III shutters bricking cameras, forcing an expensive repair
Mar 27, 2021
John Aldred
A consumer by the name of John Guerriero has filed a class-action suit against Sony Electronics Inc. in the Southern District of New York over…
Photographer sues Hilary Duff for defamation after she called him “a creep”
Feb 23, 2021
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
In February 2020, actress and singer Hilary Duff publicly called out on photographer Darryl Wilkins calling him “a creep.” Now the photographer is reportedly suing…
LeBron James settles lawsuit with photographer after using his photo without permission
Feb 8, 2021
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Almost a year ago, photographer Steven Mitchell sued LeBron James over alleged misuse of his photo. The Lakers superstar responded with a countersuit, but it…
Tennessee bill proposes taking “offensive, nonconsensual” photos in public illegal
Jan 29, 2021
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
When you’re out in public, you can’t expect much privacy (in spite of “Karens” like this and this who would disagree). However, this might change…
Report: Facebook will get sued over acquisition of Instagram
Nov 20, 2020
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
As we all know by now, Instagram is a part of Facebook and it has been like this since 2012. But the historic acquisition could…
Facebook sues developers who collected users’ data and sold fake Instagram likes
Aug 28, 2020
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Facebook recently filed lawsuits against developers who were abusing their platform, including both Facebook and Instagram. One of them was selling fake likes, comments, views,…
Volvo claims they can use any Instagram photo commercially as long as it’s public
Aug 13, 2020
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Earlier this year, Volvo was sued by a photographer whose photos they used, but also by the model who was in them. In its attempt…
Wedding photographer sues Virginia because the new law “forces him to promote same-sex marriage”
Jul 9, 2020
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Chris Herring, a wedding photographer Norfolk has sued the state of Virginia because of its new anti-discrimination law. According to him, this new law could…