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.
However, a San Francisco federal judge has given the photographer permission to file a new complaint.
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A Los Angeles-based photographer has lost his family home in Altadena after the Eaton Fire tore through it and destroyed all of his gear. [Read More] petapixel.com »
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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 »
2024-10-29 20:53
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 »
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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 »
2024-04-17 15:24
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 »
2023-10-05 16:12
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 »
2023-06-12 20:18
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 »
2023-04-28 21:51
A court has ruled that an artist accused of copying a photographer's work did not commit plagiarism.
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petapixel.com »2022-12-08 14:59
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 »
2022-05-26 17:23
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 »
2021-08-11 19:40
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 »
2018-07-23 21:12
Meta has filed a lawsuit against a photographer, accusing him of selling Instagram handles -- marking the first time the company has taken this type of legal action in the U.S. [Read More]
Court documents have revealed that employees at Meta have been discussing using copyrighted material obtained through legally dubious means to train its AI models. [Read More]
AI-generated pictures of people have started appearing in their Instagram feeds and it's alarming folk.
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Meta has deleted some of the AI-generated users created for Facebook and Instagram after a severe backlash over the existence of the accounts. [Read More]
Meta plans to fill Facebook and Instagram with AI-generated users that will exist on its platforms similar to real humans.
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Instagram head Adam Mosseri cautioned users against trusting online images, noting that AI is “clearly producing” content that can be easily mistaken for reality. [Read More]
Polish billionaire Rafal Brzoska says he has won his court battle against Meta over the use of his image in AI-generated deepfake ads. [Read More]