The Justice Department’s Lawsuit Against Apple: Everything You Need to Know

Thursday, the United States Justice Department joined 16 states and Washington D.C. in a massive antitrust lawsuit against Apple. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-3-22 23:29

US Government Sues Apple in Landmark Anti-Trust Lawsuit

According to people familiar with the matter, the United States Justice Department is preparing a landmark antitrust lawsuit against Apple Inc. The suit, expected to be filed today in a New Jersey federal court, represents the latest in the Biden administration's attempts to deal with monopolization in big tech. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-3-21 17:30

What is Going on With Photo Stealers? A $100 Million Lawsuit, Conspiracies, and Aliases

Photo Stealers, a website that has investigated and identified people who steal photos for over a decade, has become embroiled in increasingly expensive legal battles and was even brought offline by an alleged photo thief earlier this week. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-3-18 16:01

Photographer Wins Copyright Lawsuit After Website Used His Creative Commons Image

A photographer has emerged victorious after suing a website for using his Creative Commons image without the proper credit.

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2024-3-13 20:36

Irish Woman Loses $825,000 Injury Lawsuit Because of a Photo

Irish woman Kamila Grabska, 36, has lost a lawsuit she filed against RSA Insurance over alleged injuries sustained in a 2017 car crash. A 2018 photo of Grabska throwing a Christmas tree is at the heart of the legal outcome. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-2-26 21:02

Kat Von D Beats Photographer in Copyright Lawsuit Over Miles Davis Tattoo

Celebrity tattoo artist Kat Von D scored a resounding victory in the copyright infringement trial over her unlicensed use of a photograph of Miles Davis for a tattoo she inked on a client. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-1-29 14:43

Notorious B.I.G.’s Estate Settles Lawsuit Over Chi Modu’s Iconic Photos

Notorious B.I.G.’s estate has reached a settlement with the widow of late hip-hop photographer Chi Modu, resolving a long-running dispute over his famed images of the rapper. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-1-23 16:18

Defunct Phhhoto App Revives Lawsuit Against Meta For ‘Copying’ Boomerang

Defunct animated photography app Phhhoto is attempting to revive a lawsuit against Meta -- in which the company accused Instagram of copying its main feature. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-11-22 21:02

Wedding Photographer Wins Lawsuit to Not Shoot Same-Sex Marriages

A Christian wedding photographer has won a settlement in a lawsuit against the state of Virginia after he refused to shoot same-sex marriages. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-11-8 23:15

Judge Rules Lawsuit Against Netflix Over Photo in True-Crime Doc Can Proceed

A federal judge has ruled that Netflix may have defamed a Kentucky man, Taylor Hazlewood, after the streaming company used a photo of Hazelwood in a true-crime documentary about a convicted murderer. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-10-15 21:52

Photographer Loses Lawsuit Over His Photos in Billie Eilish Documentary

A photographer has lost a lawsuit against Apple over images that appeared in the background of a documentary about singer Billie Eilish -- with a judge calling the usage "too trivial" to be deemed infringing. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-10-6 16:12

McDonald’s and Wendy’s Win Lawsuit Over Size of Burgers in Ad Photos

McDonald's and Wendy's have defeated a lawsuit that accused the fast food chains of making its burgers look bigger in ad photos than they actually are. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-10-4 17:02

BeBop Files $25M Fraud Lawsuit Against Giggster Over Photo Website Sale

The BeBop Corporation has sued online rental studio platform Giggster for $25 million, alleging breach of contract and fraud over the sale of multiple photo publications including Outdoor Photographer and Imaging Resource. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-6-15 22:28

Museum Wins Lawsuit Over Photo of Michelangelo’s David

An Italian museum has won a lawsuit against a magazine publisher which used a photo of Michelangelo's sculpture David without permission -- despite the 500-year-old artwork belonging in the public domain. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-6-6 18:38

Amazon and Canon File Joint Lawsuit Against Camera Battery Counterfeiters

Amazon and Canon have targeted a large group of "bad actors" that the two companies allege have sold counterfeit camera batteries and chargers to unsuspecting buyers. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-5-12 19:41

Canon and Amazon Filed a Joint Trademark Infringement Lawsuit

MELVILLE, NY, May 10, 2023 — Canon U. S. A. , Inc. and its parent company, Canon Inc. of Japan, and Amazon. com, Inc. and Amazon. com Services LLC jointly filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington against 29 selling accounts which sold camera batteries and chargers in the Amazon store, alleging infringement [. canonrumors.com »

2023-5-12 18:05

RED’s Lawsuit Against Nikon Dismissed: Z9 Gets to Keep Compressed RAW

RED's lawsuit against Nikon for infringing on its video compression patents has been dismissed, effectively giving Nikon permission to continue allowing compressed internal RAW video recording in its cameras. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-4-28 22:31

Lawsuit Alleges Lensa.ai App Illegally Took Users’ Biometric Data

A group in Illinois has filed a class action lawsuit against California-based Prisma Labs, the company behind the artificial intelligence-powered photo editing app, Lensa.ai. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-3-17 22:29

Artist Escapes Lawsuit Over Her Use of Iconic Ruth Bader Ginsberg Photo

An artist, whose work has been exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, escaped a copyright infringement lawsuit over her unlicensed use of an iconic photograph of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-3-17 22:18

Sony Hit with Lawsuit Alleging its Lens Serial Numbers Fall Off

A class action lawsuit has been filed in the state of California that alleges the serial number stickers on Sony lenses too easily fall off and therefore prevent owners from getting free repairs or taking part in product recalls. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2022-11-8 20:20

Photographer Loses Lawsuit Against Meta Over Embedding

Meta has defeated a photographer in a lawsuit that claims Facebook contributes to copyright infringement by letting outside websites embed images shared on the social media platform. petapixel.com »

2022-10-27 18:35

Miley Cyrus Settles Copyright Infringement Lawsuit with Paparazzi

Miley Cyrus has settled a copyright infringement lawsuit a month after she was sued for posting an image of herself on Instagram without the photographer's permission. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2022-10-22 17:29

Judge Dismisses Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ Cover Photo Lawsuit Again

Spencer Elden, the man whose photo is on Nirvana's iconic album Nevermind, has lost a lawsuit he brought against the band after Elden claimed he was exploited as a child. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2022-9-7 17:16

Snap Reaches $35M Settlement in Privacy Lawsuit Over Lenses

Snap has agreed on a settlement of $35 million in an Illinois class action lawsuit over its use of facial recognition.

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2022-8-25 23:01

Lawsuit Challenging Law That Restricts Recording Police Has Nationwide Implications

Earlier this year, Arizona governor Doug Ducey signed HB 2319, a law that would make it illegal to record or photograph police within eight feet of them. It's being challenged, and the results will have nationwide implications. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2022-8-24 19:52

NPPA Lawsuit Challenges Arizona Law Restricting the Recording of Police

The National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) has joined with the Arizona Broadcasters Association and the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona (along with eight other media organizations) to file a lawsuit against Arizona's law that restricts the recording of police. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2022-8-24 21:00

Photographers Seek to Revive Lawsuit Against Instagram Over Embedding

Two photographers will seek to revive a class-action lawsuit against Instagram that claims it contributes to copyright infringement by letting outside websites embed images. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2022-6-29 18:48

Actress Who Said Paparazzi ‘Weaponize’ Copyright Settles Lawsuit

After claiming paparazzi "weaponize" the copyright act, actress Lisa Rinna has settled her $1.2 million lawsuit with a photo agency after posting images of herself on her Instagram account without prior permission. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2022-6-28 23:46

Judge Throws Out Lawsuit That Claimed the Pentax K-50 Was Flawed

A judge has thrown out a class-action lawsuit against Ricoh that alleged its Pentax digital camera was designed with a defect that caused photos to come out pitch black. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2022-6-16 23:27

Google Pays $100 Million in Facial Recognition Class Action Lawsuit

Google has agreed to pay $100 million in a settlement of a class action lawsuit in Illinois. Residents of the state are able to claim money from the suit if they appeared on Google Photos between 2015 and 2022. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2022-6-7 19:44

Photographer Loses Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Against Pinterest

A federal judge has ruled in favor of Pinterest in a lawsuit by a photographer who claimed the company infringed over fifty of his copyrighted works by displaying them alongside advertisements in the form of "promoted pins." [Read More] petapixel.com »

2022-5-26 17:23

Lawsuit Alleges the FAA’s New Drone Rules Violate Constitutional Rights

The drone equipment retailer RaceDayQuads (RDQ) is in the midst of a legal battle with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in a case that has the potential to shake up the commercial drone operations and manufacturing industry. petapixel.com »

2021-11-13 20:26

Lawsuit Alleges the FAA’s New Rules Violate Constitutional Rights

The drone equipment retailer RaceDayQuads (RDQ) is in the midst of a legal battle with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in a case that has the potential to shake up the commercial drone operations and manufacturing industry. petapixel.com »

2021-11-11 20:26

Lawsuit Alleges Facebook Copied Phhhoto App, Forced it Out of Business

Facebook, now Meta thanks to a recent restructure, is facing a lawsuit by the now-defunct photo app Phhhoto, which claims Mark Zuckerberg and his team downloaded the app and pushed it out of business by copying its main feature. petapixel.com »

2021-11-9 18:52

Photographer Wins Copyright Lawsuit Centered on Instagram Embeds

Renowned nature photographer and Sony Artisan Paul Nicklen has won a copyright lawsuit against the Sinclair Broadcast Group, which embedded a video from Nicklen’s Instagram on its website and featured a screenshot from it without seeking permission. petapixel.com »

2021-8-6 20:22

Class Action Lawsuit Targets Instagram Photo Embedding

A class-action lawsuit has been filed in a federal court in San Francisco that targets Instagram’s embed publishing tool. It alleges that Instagram and its parent company Facebook enabled copyright infringement by encouraging online publications to embed links Instagram posts in articles. petapixel.com »

2021-5-27 00:20

Photojournalist Arrested at BLM Protest Wins Lawsuit Against Police

An independent photojournalist that sued the D. C. Police following his arrest for filming a protest in 2020 has won a settlement. During a racial justice protest in August 2020, Kian Kelley-Chung, a local Black journalist and documentarian, was arrested among 40 other people, DCist reports. petapixel.com »

2021-5-7 17:52

Lawsuit filed against Samsung alleges defect causing Galaxy S20 cameras to shatter

Like many electronics manufacturers, Samsung isn't a stranger to occasional production defects and issues. Samsung had the highly-publicized exploding battery issue in 2017 with its Galaxy Note 7 smartphones, for example. dpreview.com »

2021-5-4 18:36

Lebron James Settles with Photog in Lawsuit Over Misuse of Photo

After nearly a year in litigation and after filing a countersuit, Lebron James is settling with a photographer over his alleged misuse of a photo on social media. The lawsuit alleged that James misappropriated an image for his social media feed without compensating the photographer. This case stemmed from a photo that James posted to […] petapixel.com »

2021-2-5 20:10

Court Reopens Photographer’s Lawsuit Against Mashable Over Instagram Embedding

The US District Court for the Southern District of New York has re-opened the controversial copyright infringement lawsuit filed by photographer Stephanie Sinclair against the publication Mashable, who embedded one of her images through Instagram after she denied their request to license the photo for an article. The dispute stems from a 2016 article titled, […] petapixel.com »

2020-6-24 21:45

Photographer sues Microsoft for $2.25M, alleges copyright infringement of 15 images

Microsoft has been sued over alleged copyright infringement by photographer Matilde Gattoni, who has accused the corporation of using several of her images for an MSN article without permission or a proper license. dpreview.com »

2020-6-3 23:54

Canon Wins Important Lawsuit Against eBay Users Selling Counterfeit Gear

Canon just scored a major legal win in the battle against counterfeit products. A US District Court has ruled in Canon’s favor in a lawsuit against two eBay users who were selling counterfeit Canon batteries online. petapixel.com »

2020-1-17 01:07

B&H Photo accused of dodging millions in taxes in newly filed lawsuit

A newly filed lawsuit by the State of New York accuses electronics retailer B&H Foto & Electronics Corp of alleged tax fraud. The lawsuit, which was recently published on the New York Attorney General's website, claims that B&H 'intentionally underpaid sales tax on millions of dollars in receipts from its sales of cameras and other consumer electronics. dpreview.com »

2019-11-16 22:40

B&H Photo Accused of Avoiding Over $7 Million in Taxes on ‘Instant Rebates’

The New York Attorney General has filed a major lawsuit against photo and video gear retailer B&H Photo alleging that the retail giant has dodged millions in sales taxes over the past 13 years. B&H calls the lawsuit “outrageous” and says these claims are “flat wrong. petapixel.com »

2019-11-15 22:09

Getty Images sued over 'deceptive' licensing public domain images

CixxFive Concepts, a digital marketing company based in Dallas, Texas, has filed a class action lawsuit against Getty Images over its alleged licensing of public domain images. The complaint, which was first reported by TechDirt, accuses Getty of violating RICO and the Washington Consumer Protection Act, among 'other claims. dpreview.com »

2019-4-2 21:27

Harvard sued over allegedly profiting from 1850s images of American slaves

Harvard University has been sued over its licensing of daguerreotypes believed to be the first images of American slaves. The lawsuit was filed by Tamara Lanier, who says she is the direct descendant of Renty, the man featured alongside his daughter, Delia, in the daguerreotypes. dpreview.com »

2019-3-23 21:54

Lawsuit claims Apple's dual-camera setup in recent iPhones infringes on 2003 patent

A lawsuit filed with the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California on Tuesday claims the cameras in Apple's iPhone 7 Plus and newer dual-camera models infringe on a patent that was granted in 2003 and is based on an invention from 1999. dpreview.com »

2018-10-11 17:35

Grumpy Cat Wins $710,000 in Copyright Infringement Lawsuit

Grumpy Cat, the Internet favorite feline whose photos have been widely used in memes, has been awarded $710,000 in a copyright infringement lawsuit. The cat, whose real name is Tardar Sauce, became famous around 2012 when photos of her and her grouchy facial expressions went viral online. People soon began placing humorous text across the […] petapixel.com »

2018-1-25 19:58

PETA and David Slater settle copyright lawsuit over monkey selfie

Photo: David Slater PETA has announced that it has settled its copyright lawsuit against photographer David Slater over his iconic "monkey selfie," a self-portrait allegedly taken by a macaque named Naruto. dpreview.com »

2017-9-14 20:28

Photographer Settles ‘Monkey Selfie’ Copyright Lawsuit

Photographer David Slater has finally settled his two-year legal battle over the monkey selfie photos that went viral back in 2011. The animal rights group PETA has dropped the lawsuit against Slater after Slater agreed to donate 25% of all future profits from the photo to registered charities “dedicated to protecting the welfare or habitat” […] petapixel.com »

2017-9-12 17:22