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Another celebrity found herself the subject of a copyright infringement lawsuit as New York City-based photographer Marcus Santos sued reality television star and founder of the Skinnygirl lifestyle brand Bethenny Frankel for using his picture of Puerto Rico post-Hurricane Maria. Frankel, for her part, was raising money as part of a humanitarian effort in the […]

We haven’t had one of these in a while but here we are, back with a copyright infringement case involving a celebrity. This time it’s legendary rapper Nas who shared a photo back in 2020 on Instagram featuring himself and deceased legend Tupac by photographer Al Pereira. Pereira’s original photo was taken in July 1993 […]

Sometimes, the little guy can chalk up a victory in the legal system. And that’s great news when it comes to copyright law. The legal system is not only obscure, arcane, and somewhat esoteric to the vast majority of us but it also seems like it is rigged against people who don’t have a bunch […]

Remember the iconic Pulp Fiction movie poster? You know, the flick starring Uma Thurman and directed by Quentin Tarantino (of later Kill Bill fame)? It’s probably one of the more ubiquitous pieces of pop culture media out there and the photographer behind it just had his case for copyright infringement tossed out…for waiting too long […]

Instagram just filed a motion to dismiss a class-action lawsuit brought against it by a group of photographers and the argument it uses could push what has carried it this far to its limits. Basically, the lawsuit is about Instagram’s culpability when accounts steal copyrighted images that are subsequently featured on other websites via the […]

It looks like LeBron James decided to fight back against a photographer that filed a lawsuit against him and he did so with a countersuit for no less than $USD 1 million. Steve Mitchell, the photographer in question, originally sued LeBron James for copyright infringement because the basketball legend posted a picture that Mitchell had […]