Back in September, Ohio photojournalist Andy Grimm was shot by a sheriff’s deputy while photographing a traffic stop — it turned out that the cop had mistaken Grimm’s camera and tripod for a gun and decided to shoot first and look more closely later.
Grimm is now filing a civil rights lawsuit against the officer […]. petapixel.com
Ozzy Osbourne is facing a copyright infringement lawsuit after the rock star posted multiple images of himself on Instagram without the photographer’s permission. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2025-02-12 18:44
A photographer has filed a lawsuit against major retailers which allegedly sold canvas art prints that were inspired by his iconic "King of New York" portrait of rapper Notorious B.I.G. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2025-02-10 18:59
A photographer has sued a couple for defamation over their claims that he made lewd comments to their daughter during a "10-second" shoot at a street fair. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2024-12-09 20:40
A veteran music photographer has sued the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame claiming that the museum illegally displayed his image of the band Van Halen. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2024-10-22 15:03
A photographer is suing Netflix for allegedly using his images and videos of fish farms in the documentary series You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2024-06-17 14:00
A photographer is suing Call Her Daddy podcaster Alex Cooper after she allegedly injured her back following a confrontation with her team on a shoot. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2024-05-30 15:09
A photographer has sued a woman who posted an image of her grandmother's apartment, that featured his photo-based wallpaper, on a vacation property rental website. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2024-05-22 18:17
Photographer Jingna Zhang has launched a lawsuit against Google along with three other artists who accuse the search giant of using their copyrighted work in the training of its AI image generator model Imagen. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2024-05-09 16:28
A photographer has sued Megan Thee Stallion for harassment and a hostile work environment -- claiming that he was forced to watch the rapper have sex with another woman right next to him in a car. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2024-04-24 16:29
A photographer is suing Napster for using his image of a musician without the proper license -- in a case that could set a precedent that would require record labels to verify what rights were secured from photographers when their pictures were licensed for use on album covers. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2024-04-03 17:48
A photographer has sued fashion designer Vera Wang for posting a photo of Emily Ratajkowski on social media without permission. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2024-02-26 17:12
A photographer has sued the Detroit Lions for allegedly using his photo of former football star Barry Sanders to design a statue of him. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2024-01-16 17:53
A photographer has sued a small church for allegedly using his photo as a thumbnail image for a video of a sermon -- without his consent. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-12-29 19:50
A photographer is suing Guns ‘N’ Roses for copyright infringement and their management for sexual harassment.
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A photographer has brought a civil lawsuit against NFL star Davante Adams after he shoved the media worker to the ground last October -- he has also named two NFL teams. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-05-31 18:44
A photographer has filed a lawsuit against the XFL accusing the football league of using her photos without compensating her. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-05-19 22:54
A photographer is suing Gannett Media for as much as $34 million in damages after hundreds of its news publications allegedly used her image without permission. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-12-15 20:15
Reality TV star NeNe Leakes has been sued by a photographer who claims she was never paid after she was hired to take pictures at her club. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-09-29 19:20
A U.S. paparazzi is suing Australian television network, Channel 7 for defamation over an interview with Meghan Markle's estranged father, in which he claimed that the photographer conspired to set him up and sabotage the royal wedding. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-09-21 17:09
Los Angeles Lakers player Kendrick Nunn has been sued for copyright infringement by the same photographer who recently settled a copyright infringement legal battle with Nunn's superstar teammate, LeBron James. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-07-06 00:23
A photographer has sued Google for copyright infringement alleging that YouTube failed to remove his unauthorized images from the website. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-07-01 22:19
Model and actor Emily Ratajkowski has been accused of posting an image of herself on Instagram without the photographer’s permission, according to a copyright infringement lawsuit. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-06-23 00:46
Reality TV star Bethenny Frankel has been sued for copyright infringement after allegedly posting an image of storm-ravaged Puerto Rico on her Instagram account without permission from the photographer. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-05-17 20:31
Photographer Darryl Wilkins has reportedly filed a lawsuit against celebrity Hilary Duff and talk show host Wendy Williams, accusing the two of defamation by suggesting that Wilkins could be a child predator after Duff filmed Wilkins photographing her son’s soccer game in a public park. petapixel.com »
2021-02-22 22:25
Former photographer for the Austin American-Statesman Nick Wagner has filed suit against the owners and handlers of Bevo XV, the mascot for the Texas Longhorns, alleging that the steer caused “permanent injury” after ramming Wager in the back. petapixel.com »
2020-10-21 18:33
Photographer Matilde Gattoni is suing Microsoft corporation for millions of dollars in damages after she discovered that company-owned publication MSN used several of her images in an article about “the women leading China’s wine revolution” without paying to license them or asking for permission. petapixel.com »
2020-06-01 22:38
Adobe is being sued by a commercial photographer and videographer who claims that he lost $250,000 worth of work when a bug in Premiere Pro permanently deleted a huge number of his photo and video files. petapixel.com »
2018-11-14 20:48
A photographer is suing consumer products giant Procter & Gamble, accusing the corporation and the world’s largest advertiser of not paying her for photos that have appeared on Olay packaging and marketing materials used around the world. petapixel.com »
2017-07-21 17:44
A New Orleans-based photojournalist has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against The Trump Organization, accusing President Trump’s company of using her photo without permission. The Daily Mail reports that the Trump Organization used a photograph taken by photographer Julie Dermansky on the company’s website and on the @realdonaldtrump Instagram account. The photo, which was taken at a […] petapixel.com »
2017-06-24 19:10
Is it copyright infringement if someone embeds your tweeted photo into a news article? One UK photographer says “yes,” and he’s taking news company Sky News to court over it in a case photographers should be watching closely. petapixel.com »
2017-05-01 22:22
A photographer spent years memorializing 300 sites where people had died in police shootings across the U.S.
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I could not ask these questions in good conscience without sharing how I started as a photographer. I remember the first time that I picked up a camera. I was ten years old, and I was standing in the driveway of my childhood home.
Three teens have been arrested in Phoenix for allegedly shooting a photographer 9 times earlier this month after asking him to take their photo, and it was the photos the victim took that led police straight to the suspects.
I've been quietly contemplating the idea of whether someone is a photographer or a photo editor; and at the same time whether or not they have the right to say that they're a photographer or if they're indeed a photo editor.
I’ve been studying the work of master portrait photographer Annie Leibovitz lately and something finally caught my eye. Not about her pictures, which are consistently great for going on five decades now, but about her process.
I’ve been studying the work of master portrait photographer Annie Leibovitz lately and something finally caught my eye. Not about her pictures, which are consistently great for going on five decades now, but about her process.