Photographer Loses Gig for ‘Refusing to Say He’s Pro-Palestine’

A photographer says that the Queer Running Club in London dropped him from an arranged gig after he refused to say that he is pro-Palestine. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-10-30 20:53

Photographer Loses $20K Legal Battle Over Traffic Ticket for Wounded Grizzly Bear

A wildlife photographer has lost an extraordinary $20,000 legal battle over a traffic ticket that came about after he slowed his car to check on a wounded grizzly bear. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-6-21 19:24

US Congressman Loses Copyright Lawsuit Over ‘Success Kid’ Meme Photo

The mother who took the photo behind the "Success Kid" internet meme has won a copyright infringement lawsuit against former U.S. congressman Steve King who claimed that he made "fair use" of the image in campaign ads. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-6-17 15:24

Photographer Loses $11K Worth of Gear and Almost His Life After Falling Into River

A wildlife photographer lost $11,000 worth of camera equipment and very nearly his life after falling into a river while shooting wildlife photos. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-4-17 15:24

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

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

Photographer Loses Part of Finger After Tripod Snaps Shut

A wildlife photographer suffered a horrific injury after his heavy-duty tripod snapped shut on his finger, causing a significant amount of permanent damage. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-6-13 20:18

Photographer Loses $40K Worth of Gear After it was Blown Up by SpaceX Rocket

A photographer who set up nine cameras to capture the SpaceX Starship launch had six of them destroyed by chunks of concrete thrown from the launch pad. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-4-29 21:51

Photographer Loses Plagiarism Case Against Artist Who ‘Ripped Off’ Her Work

A court has ruled that an artist accused of copying a photographer's work did not commit plagiarism.

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2022-12-9 14:59

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

Meta’s Reality Labs Loses $2.8B as Facebook’s Revenue Falls for First Time

Meta is experiencing a combination of financial difficulties that it has not encountered for the first time in its history. Its Reality Labs division continues to lose billions of dollars at the same time Facebook reported its first-ever decline in revenue. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2022-7-28 00:26

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

Photographer Loses All Gear and Work to Apartment Fire

A Slovak photographer is appealing for help to get back on his feet after a devastating apartment fire wiped out his studio, camera equipment, and 25 years’ worth of photography. Slovakia-based photographer Martin Machaj has shared a series of photographs showing the charred remains of gear, workplace, and living space this week after a short […] petapixel.com »

2021-8-11 19:40

Dispo Loses Top Investor and Dobrik Leaves Company Amid Controversy

Disposable camera app Dispo — originally founded by YouTuber David Dobrik — is in trouble. In February, Dispo raised $20 million at a $200 million valuation led by Spark Capital. Today, Spark Captial announced it has pulled funding, and Dobrik subsequently stepped down from Dispo’s board. Earlier this year, the New York Times called the […] petapixel.com »

2021-3-22 18:24

Man Loses HR Day Job, Becomes WaPo and NY Times Photographer

At the beginning of 2020, Cornell Watson’s full-time job was in human resources. At the end of the year, he was shooting for the New York Times and Washington Post and creating fine-art projects for which he has received a $20,000 grant award. petapixel.com »

2021-1-28 22:43

92-Year-Old Photographer Loses 65-Year-Old Photo Business to Tornado

An EF-3 tornado ripped through Marshalltown, Iowa, last Thursday, and one of the victims of the disaster was a 92-year-old photographer named Harold Cline. After seeking shelter from the storm, Cline returned to his work to find that his 65-year-old business had been destroyed. petapixel.com »

2018-7-24 21:12

1 In 4 Women Loses Their Baby… I’m One Of Them

I lost a baby, I am the 1 in 4. My husband and I tried and tried to conceive. When we were finally successful, we were overjoyed. boredpanda.com »

2017-10-3 00:16

Ep. 106: A Zeiss Loses out to a Sony + more!

Episode 106 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 –  Subscribe via iTunes or RSS! Featured: Peter Dering, Peak Design Founder & CEO In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find […] petapixel.com »

2016-9-11 13:56