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Spencer Elden, the man whose photo is on Nirvana's iconic album Nevermind, has lost a lawsuit he brought against the band after Elden claimed he was exploited as a child.

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 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.

University students in China have sued Apple for not including a charging brick with the iPhone 12 Pro Max, which follows a $2 million fine the company incurred from Brazil over the same issue.

A Massachusetts judge has dismissed a woman's lawsuit claiming that she is the rightful owner of the images of an enslaved father and daughter and not Harvard, the New York Times reports. The judge cites common law that the content of an image cannot be used to claim ownership of that image, regardless of the subject.

Automotive photographer Jack Schroeder and model Britni Sumida have filed a major lawsuit against car maker Volvo, accusing the automotive giant of doing significant damage to both of their careers by willfully using Schroeder's images without permission, after he explicitly denied the company's request.

A wedding photographer in Australia is suing a wedding venue and styling company for over $500,000 after she slipped on a piece of fabric and shattered her knee—an incident she says could have been avoided and has cost her hundreds of thousands in lost work.

The US Government is being sued by two documentary filmmaking organizations over new visa registration rules that require applicants to divulge any and all social media handles--including pseudonyms--that they've used over the past 5 years. The lawsuit claims that the new rules constitute "unconstitutional surveillance" and could even put foreign filmmakers in danger.

Five photojournalists are suing the United States government for allegedly tracking, detaining and interrogating them about their work on the US-Mexico border. The journalists are accusing the Department of Homeland Security of "an unprecedented, coordinated attack on the freedom of the press."

Two former photographers for the New York Times have filed a lawsuit against New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, accusing the department of copyright infringement after NYC Parks "unearthed" a long-lost trove of photos from the 1970s and then wildly publicized them without permission.

The Splash News and Picture Agency is making headlines today after filing a lawsuit against Jennifer Lopez for copyright infringement two years after she shared one of their photos of her in an Instagram Story without permission.

A local news anchor from Philadelphia has filed a lawsuit against some of the largest social media and photo sharing platforms in the world after she noticed a creepy security cam photo of her being used in dating and erectile dysfunction ads on Facebook, Imgur, Reddit and others.

A multiple-award-winning Florida wedding photographer is being called out by the local news after multiple couples have sued him, claiming he failed to deliver the photos and videos they were owed.

Cheating at Instagram by buying fake followers and activity is becoming a huge business, but Instagram is pulling out the big guns to quash this type of deceitful activity. The company just filed a lawsuit against a company that made a business of selling likes, views, and followers.

Harvard University is being sued over daguerreotypes of slaves -- believed to be the earliest photos of American slaves -- commissioned by one of its professors back in 1850. A descendant of the slaves accuses Harvard of wrongfully seizing, possessing, and profiting from the photos.

An Oregon-based plant retailer was just awarded almost one million dollars in actual damages by a federal jury in one of the biggest photography copyright wins of the year so far. Despite the strange circumstances of this case, it's being called, "a huge win for artists, photographer, and creators."

Photographer Jana Romanova is suing VICE Media for using a photo from her series Waiting without permission... again. This is Romanova's second copyright infringement lawsuit agains VICE over the same photo series.

Getty Images has filed their official response to Carol Highsmith's highly-publicized $1 Billion copyright claim against the company. And the gist of the response is, in essence, "no take backsies."