Digital Artist Accused of Stealing Photos by Acclaimed Weather Photographer

It is always questionable when someone blends another artist’s work and then labels the product something of one’s creation. Whether it is fan fiction or art, no matter how well done, the central inspiration and premise is drawn from another creator’s ideas. Today’s story involves an acclaimed weather photographer’s pictures being “stolen” by a digital […]

Lawsuit by News Anchor Targets Facebook, Reddit, and Others for Using Picture in Ad for “Local Single Women,” Among Others

Most of us would agree that having our image and likeness used for ads that we never commissioned is probably one of the many forms of modern purgatory that the Internet can inflict upon someone. A lawsuit from a news anchor in Philadelphia is suing some pretty big websites because she noticed a “creepy” security […]

Facebook Stops Making Facial Recognition Scans the Default for New Users, Turns It Into an Opt-In Feature

Privacy is becoming more of a concern as facial recognition technology advances and is integrated even more extensively into things we use all the time such as our smartphones and social media platforms. But, in a huge victory for privacy advocates, Facebook is deciding to lessen its aggressive pursuit of facial recognition tech in that […]