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.
A longstanding legal battle that surrounds photographs of Pablo Picasso's paintings has just had a fresh twist after the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit overturned a lower court's ruling that reproduction of the images was fair use.
New York has passed a law that will ask those seeing a concealed handgun permit to submit their social media accounts so they can be reviewed for "character and conduct."
Senator Elizabeth Warren has reiterated her stance that consumers should not have to continue to buy new and different charging cables for their mobile devices.
Meta has announced that it has filed separate legal actions in federal court against a company and an individual who scraped data from Facebook and Instagram.
A photographer has sued Google for copyright infringement alleging that YouTube failed to remove his unauthorized images from the website.
A court has ruled that Harvard University can be sued over a series of photographs that depict enslaved people by a woman who is a descendent of the subjects.
A group of United States senators has written a letter to the U.S. Commerce Department advocating that the country should follow the European Union's decision to force all electronics manufacturers to adopt a common charging cable.
The New York State Senate has passed S8369B, colloquially known as the "Freelance isn't Free" act, which guarantees that any freelancer hired by a company must be provided a written contract with a stated pay by date. If no date is provided, they must be paid within 30 days.
In a move that is being called a major blow to Apple's proprietary Lightning port, the European Union has come to an agreement that will require all smartphone manufacturers that sell in Europe to use the common USB-C port.
The New York state legislature has passed the Fair Repair Act, the first "right to repair" bill that requires all manufacturers who sell "digital electronic products" to make tools, parts, and instructions for repair available.
A student website received a letter demanding thousands of dollars for a copyright infringement after using a Creative Commons image.
A Texas law that would have banned social media giants from regulating certain forms of online speech has been blocked by the United States Supreme Court.
A lawsuit has been filed against wedding photography studio Glasser Images which suddenly closed its doors last year -- and refused to offer refunds to clients who had already paid for services.
California may soon hold social media companies responsible for the harm caused to children who become addicted to their products thanks to a new bill that passed the state Assembly.
Rights management is vital to photographers and other creatives who want to zealously protect the copyright of the images they capture. How long a person can legally prevent anyone from profiting from their intellectual property can be confusing, as the provisions of copyright have changed many times over the years.
In a major victory for privacy advocates, Clearview AI has been permanently banned, nationwide, from making its facial recognition database available to most businesses and other private entities.
Six California cities will take part in an automated, sound-activated camera program that is designed to reduce noise pollution caused by loud cars.
The photographer who faced strong criticism for charging extra to take photos of plus-sized models has filed a $1.5 million lawsuit against the agent and model that publicized his test shoot rates.
A video posted to TikTok that depicts an influencer disturbing a bear in its den while trying to capture it on camera is under investigation by Canada's Alberta Parks officials.
A Swedish photography magazine was recently contacted by lawyers who claimed that a photo it downloaded from the free photo service Pixabay violated a client's copyright. But it turned out the law firm and the client were both fake, and the real photographer had never uploaded it to Pixabay either.
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has revoked the pilot license of influencer Trevor Jacob after it found that he intentionally crashed his plane for the purpose of making a viral YouTube video.
A federal judge has overturned the stringent drone laws in Texas, citing that it is an unconstitutional violation of the First Amendment. The lawsuit challenging the law was brought in 2019 by the National Press Photographer's Association (NPPA).
Photographers and other creatives scored a big legal win today after the Supreme Court ruled that unintentional mistakes made during copyright registration cannot be used to invalidate copyright.
The Texas Attorney General has filed a lawsuit against Meta for its use of facial recognition, alleging Facebook collected the biometric data of millions of Texans without consent. The state is reportedly seeking damages that could exceed $500 billion.
With Super Bowl LVI set to kick off in Los Angeles, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is reminding drone owners that a huge part of the LA area will be a "no drone zone" during the NFL championship game. Fly a drone within 34 miles of the stadium and you could be slapped with a $30,000 fine and more.
A new bipartisan bill has been introduced into the United States Senate that takes aim at algorithmic-based feeds like those on Facebook and Instagram. The bill would direct two government agencies to investigate ways to add friction to content sharing.
OpenSea, one of the largest marketplaces for non-fungible tokens (NFTs), recently put a cap on the number of NFTs that could be minted for free. It was removed after an outcry, but OpenSea revealed that it was added due to massive amounts of misuse.
A French tourist was arrested last year in Iran for flying a drone and taking aerial photos near the Iran-Turkmenistan border. He has been sentenced to eight years in prison under espionage charges.
A proposed bill in the United Kingdom would make it so influencers, broadcasters, publishers, and anyone who is paid to post on social media would be required to display a logo on any digitally-altered photos of people.
A new law is set to go into effect in England and Wales that would make it illegal to photograph breastfeeding mothers in public in a move designed to stop women from being pestered "for self-gratification or for harassment purposes."
A judge has dismissed Spencer Elden's lawsuit which alleged Nirvana violated federal child pornography statutes when it published the iconic "Nirvana Baby" as the cover of its "Nevermind" Album.
A federal court has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Christian wedding photographer who claimed that providing services to same-sex couples goes against her faith and that New York's human rights law violates her First Amendment rights.
A group of 55 media organizations and advocates for press freedom have sent a letter urging the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol to withdraw a subpoena to a photojournalist's phone records.
Some artists are reporting major issues with OpenSea, one of the largest non-fungible token (NFT) marketplaces. They say the company has an overly arduous process to report stolen art and is too slow to act once a complaint is filed.
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.
Photojournalist Amy Harris has attempted to block the United States House Committee investigating the January 6th attack on the Capitol from gaining access to her phone records, saying the public release of the information could compromise her safety as well as her future work.
The American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) has launched a new business, legal, education, and training platform for all creatives that covers almost every aspect of running a photography or visual content creation business.
The drone equipment retailer RaceDayQuads (RDQ) is in the midst of a legal battle with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in a case that has the potential to shake up the commercial drone operations and manufacturing industry.