Meta Fined $102 Million for Storing Users’ Passwords in Plain Text

Meta was fined more than $100 million for a security breach that saw the company store some users' passwords in plain text. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-9-30 15:10

Wedding Photographer Fined $30,000 For Using Images Taken By Other Photographers

A wedding photographer must pay $30,000 in civil penalties for advertising her services using images taken by other photographers and failing to disclose that the pictures were not her own. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-2-12 17:32

Wedding Photographer May Be Barred and Fined $80k For ‘Scamming Clients’

A wedding photographer may be fined $80,000 and temporarily barred from doing business for allegedly scamming clients.

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2023-11-7 20:21

Photographer Waiting for Cloud Cover is Handcuffed and Fined for Loitering

A photographer in Quebec City, Canada waiting for clouds to form so he could capture the perfect shot was fined $168 (230 CAD) for loitering after a U.S. consulate guard asked him to leave. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-11-7 16:50

Marilyn Manson Fined for Spitting and Blowing His Nose on Camerawoman

Marilyn Manson has been sentenced in court after he pleaded no contest to spitting on and blowing his nose on a videographer during one of his concerts in New Hampshire. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-9-19 14:51

Basketball Player Fined $35K for Shoving and Injuring Camera Operator

The NBA has fined Memphis Grizzlies player Dillon Brooks $35,000 after he shoved a camera operator who was hurt in the incident. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-3-21 23:01

Instagram Fined $402 Million Over Handling of Teens’ Data

Meta, the parent company of Instagram, has been fined a record $402 million for letting teenagers set up accounts that publicly displayed their phone numbers and email addresses. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2022-9-7 14:10

Zillow Only Wants to Be Fined Once for 2,700 Photo Copyright Infringements

Zillow, which was found to have violated real estate photography company VHT's copyright when it used thousands of photos without permission, is arguing the photos should be treated as a group and not individually. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2022-8-17 22:34

Pultizer Photographer is Fined Under ‘Gag Law’ While Capturing Migrants

A Pulitzer prize-winning photographer has been fined $1,000 under Spain's "gag law" when he attempted to take pictures of a refugee camp. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2022-6-17 20:54

Notorious Lawyer and ‘Copyright Troll’ Fined $103K, Photographers Beware

Richard Liebowitz, one of the most prolific copyright infringement lawyers in the state of New York, was recently slapped with a $103,500 fine for his actions in a recent case before being chastised for being a dishonest “copyright troll. petapixel.com »

2020-7-15 00:44

Man Fined $20,000 After His Runaway Drone Landed at a Major Airport

A California man is learning the hard way that you ignore the FAA’s drone regulations at your own risk. He is facing nearly $20,000 in fines from the federal government after his runaway drone flew over the Las Vegas strip and landed next to an active runway at Las Vegas’ main airport. According to local […] petapixel.com »

2019-11-22 23:54

Photographer, Models Fined For Photo Shoot On Hanging Lake Log

Liquido Active, an activewear brand based in Brazil, has been embroiled in a scandal for the past week after posting an image to their Instagram of their models doing yoga on Hanging Lake’s iconic log. petapixel.com »

2017-6-23 18:52