Dreamstime Takes Alternative Approach to Copyright Theft
Photo stock agency Dreamstime is tackling copyright infringement by attempting to "educate" violators in the hope they will become legitimate customers.
Photo stock agency Dreamstime is tackling copyright infringement by attempting to "educate" violators in the hope they will become legitimate customers.
Epidemic Sound has sued Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta for storing, curating, reproducing, and distributing its music without authorization to the tune of upwards of 80,000 infractions per day.
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.
A longstanding dispute over the custody of photos of Prince made it to a federal appeals court last month after the late artist's personal photographer claimed his images were illegally used and stolen by his collaborators.
A photographer has sued Google for copyright infringement alleging that YouTube failed to remove his unauthorized images from the website.
The estate of legendary hip-hop photographer Chi Modu is suing Universal Music Group (UMG) for copyright infringement over its use of an iconic photo of Tupac Shakur on a blog post.
After claiming paparazzi "weaponize" the copyright act, actress Lisa Rinna has settled her $1.2 million lawsuit with a photo agency after posting images of herself on her Instagram account without prior permission.
Singer Dua Lipa is facing a lawsuit after she posted an image of herself on Instagram without the photographer’s permission, according to a copyright infringement lawsuit.
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.
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."
The United States Supreme Court has announced that it plans to hear The Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith case, whose ultimate ruling will have a massive impact on the visual arts community with regard to fair use.
In response to a copyright infringement lawsuit filed against fellow rapper Nas, Snoop Dogg argues photographers should not own the photos they take of celebrities.
The contest winner who submitted the winning design for Croatia's upcoming Euro coin has withdrawn his entry and returned the prize money after it was revealed that it bore a striking resemblance to a photo taken by a Scottish photographer in 2005.
Back in 2015, Norwegian photographer Stig Håvard Dirdal captured a creative Christmas photo that went viral online. He was recently surprised when he came across a poster for a Russian movie that looked a little too familiar.
Photographer Noam Galai, who works for Getty as a celebrity/entertainment shooter, was born in Israel and moved to New York City in 2006. The same year, he photographed The Scream, which went viral from Italy to Iraq to Indonesia and virtually 30-40 countries around the world.
After a concerted effort by the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) and the National Press Photographer's Association (NPPA), Instagram has added a new option that will enable users to prevent others from embedding content they post to Instagram.
EuroWeekly News – based in Malaga, Spain and published by Michel and Steven Euesden – represents itself as the leading English language newspaper in Spain, with six editions and a circulation of over a half a million copies. What they seem less obvious about promulgating is that they also apparently feel entitled to exploit the work of independent visual artists.
A judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the photographer who shot the iconic photo of Uma Thurman on the poster for Pulp Fiction, saying he waited too long to file for copyright infringement.
The United States Copyright Office is set to make changes to how it handles small claims which, among other adjustments, cap monetary damages and require a fee to have a case heard. The Professional Photographers of America (PPA) argues this hurts photographers.
Actress Lisa Rinna has found herself in legal trouble after posting paparazzi images of herself on her Instagram account without compensating the photographer. The representing agency has now filed a lawsuit but the star is not willing to pay up.
A photographer who was tired of chasing down copyright infringers to her most-stolen photo decided instead to sell it as an NFT and then release the photo's usage rights to the world. That NFT has just sold at auction for a whopping $300,000.
The most-followed star on TikTok is being accused by a photographer of using his photos of her without permission or compensation for her new book.
British filmmaker Philip Bloom recently filmed the Moon during sunset Skiathos in Greece. After sharing it on social media, he was surprised when the video was blocked due to a claim by Universal Music Group, which claimed copyright to the generic shots of the Moon.
Renowned nature photographer and Sony Artisan Paul Nicklen has won a copyright lawsuit against the Sinclair Broadcast Group, which embedded a video from Nicklen's Instagram on its website and featured a screenshot from it without seeking permission.
According to United States court documents, Dua Lipa shared a photo of herself that was captured by paparazzi "without permission or authorization" when she posted it to social media. The paparazzi firm is seeking $150,000 in damages and has asked for a jury trial.
A photographer has filed a lawsuit against Capcom, accusing the Japanese video game giant of infringing her copyright by using her photos extensively in its best-selling video games.
A class-action lawsuit has been filed in a federal court in San Francisco that targets Instagram's embed publishing tool. It alleges that Instagram and its parent company Facebook enabled copyright infringement by encouraging online publications to embed links Instagram posts in articles.
When is copying another’s work not stealing? Andy Warhol copied a photograph taken by Lynn Goldsmith of the musical artist Prince and created sixteen colorized and stylized visual works.
A U.S. appeals court has ruled in favor of photographer Lynn Goldsmith in her copyright dispute over how Andy Warhol had used her portrait photo of Prince.
It seems that there's a new dangerous email making the rounds that is masquerading as a copyright infringement takedown request sent by an angry photographer. Fall for it, and your computer could become infected with some kind of malware.
Peak Design has publicly called out Amazon for "copycatting" its $80 Everyday Sling Bag with a $21 Amazon Basics look-alike, levying its firm accusation at the e-commerce behemoth with a 1.5-minute video titled "A Tale of Two Slings."
A photographer has filed a lawsuit against celebrity tattoo artist Kat Von D, accusing her of infringing on his copyright by using his photo of iconic jazz musician Miles Davis as a tattoo for a client.
After nearly a year in litigation and after filing a countersuit, Lebron James is settling with a photographer over his alleged misuse of a photo on social media. The lawsuit alleged that James misappropriated an image for his social media feed without compensating the photographer.
In December 2019, Los Angeles Lakers basketball superstar LeBron James posted a photo by courtside photographer Steve Mitchell to his Instagram and Facebook accounts without permission. That post has become the center of a raging copyright infringement legal battle.
The St. Louis couple who are facing felony gun charges for pointing guns at protestors marching close to their home have found themselves in yet another legal dispute. The photographer who shot a viral photo of the couple has sent them a bill after discovering that they had turned his photo into greeting cards without permission.
Facebook has announced an update to its 'Rights Manager' tool that will enable photographers to claim ownership over their most popular images, identify when those images have been used without permission, and issue takedown requests.
Last week, photographer Gregory Mango won an important lawsuit against online publication BuzzFeed; it's important, not because of the payout involved, but because of the precedent set by the court, which ruled that BuzzFeed was liable for 3rd party infringement of his photo because they removed his copyright info from the image.
A couple of months ago, automotive photographer Jack Schroeder and model Britni Sumida filed a lawsuit against car maker Volvo, accusing them of "willful and wanton" copyright infringement. In a major update to the case, Volvo is trying to get the suit thrown out by claiming that all public Instagram photos are basically free to use and share.
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." Photographers should pay close attention.
If you ever receive a direct message on Instagram informing you that copyright infringement has been detected in your photos, beware: it may actually be a cleverly-disguised phishing scam.