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.
An expert on the photographer’s side estimates that P&G could owe more than $75 million. The Cincinnati Enquirer […]. petapixel.com
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
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. petapixel.com »
2017-12-19 20:17
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
Apple is being sued in two separate patent infringement cases by an Israeli company that’s one of the pioneers of dual camera technology in smartphones. Corephotonics accuses Apple of violating its patents in the dual camera systems found in the latest generations of iPhones.
A well-known insect photographer has filed a $2. 7 million copyright infringement lawsuit against a pest-control company. He accuses the businesses of using his photos without permission on its website.
Singer Bruno Mars is being sued by a photographer after he posted a childhood photo of himself on social media. TMZ reports that photographer Catherine McGann captured the photo of Mars back in 1989 when he was 3 or 4 years old and working as a tiny Elvis Presley impersonator. 28 years later, in June […]
In 2014, controversial artist Richard Prince had an exhibit of reappropriated Instagram images at the Gagosian Gallery in NYC, selling the prints for up to $100k each. He sought no permission for the Instagram images used, which led to photographer Donald Graham suing for copyright infringement. A judge has now ruled the suit can proceed. […]
A 42-year-old woman from New Jersey is suing the popular theme park Hersheypark after she fell from a watercraft while posing for a picture at a photo op spot. NJ.com reports that Denise Spicuzzo and her family arrived at the park on the June 15th, 2015, and the group stopped to take a photo with […]
A Montana-based photographer has filed a lawsuit against the Republican National Committee, accusing the RNC of willfully infringing upon her copyright by using one of her photos on a political mailer without permission.