With just weeks left before DJI's products will be banned in the United States pending a last-second security audit, as mandated by law, DJI is pulling out all the stops and imploring federal officials to take the necessary actions.
Chinese photographer Du Bin, known for documenting human rights abuses in China, has been detained in Beijing and faces up to five years in prison.
A rock-and-roll memorabilia collector has won his fraud lawsuit against a well-known music photographer he accused of selling images he did not take.
A photographer has taken a bold legal step to secure payment from rapper Cam’ron after winning a $51,000 copyright infringement judgment over her iconic photo of him.
Legendary war photographer Al Rockoff -- who was immortalized in the classic movie The Killing Fields -- has claimed that his historic negatives were taken from him against his will in a bitter dispute.
A man is facing four years in prison after being accused of shutting down a Los Angeles freeway during rush hour.
A man has been charged by police after he allegedly defrauded a videographer out of $2,500 to film a documentary about the September 11 attacks.
A photographer has filed a lawsuit against a Brooklyn art gallery, accusing it of selling figurines based on his copyrighted photo of Jay-Z.
A quick-thinking wedding videographer used his drone to chase down a suspect for just over a mile after the groom was stabbed during the ceremony.
The U.K. government has indicated a potential change in its approach to AI and copyright, suggesting photographers and other creators should be paid when their work is used by AI companies.
A nationally recognized photographer was arrested while covering a protest outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility and is now attempting to recover his impounded camera equipment.
A photographer has sued rapper Future for allegedly using his copyrighted picture without permission on his album cover.
President Donald Trump is mulling an executive order that would block state laws requiring AI companies to publish transparency reports and disclose how they train models.
Meta has defeated the landmark antitrust case that could have forced it to sell off Instagram and WhatsApp.
A judge has ordered a U.S. government agency to stop blurring, pixelating, and blacking out public photos of animals accidentally caught while fishing for other species.
An underwater photographer is still locked in a 12-year court battle over his images of Blackbeard’s shipwreck, a case that tests a law shielding U.S. states from copyright claims.
The acclaimed artist Anish Kapoor is considering taking legal action after being left "horrified" by a group photo taken by border patrol agents posed in front of his Cloud Gate sculpture in Chicago.
The photographer involved in a heavily scrutinized Balenciaga campaign three years ago has filed a lawsuit against Drake, alleging that the rapper’s music video copied his work and attempted to connect his feud with Kendrick Lamar to the photographer’s role in that controversial fashion shoot.
A veteran music photographer has lost his lawsuit with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame over the museum's "nearly exact" copy of his image of the band Van Halen.
Prince William and Princess Kate Middleton have won a lawsuit over "long-lens paparazzi photographs" taken of them on a family vacation.
In Japan, it is illegal for companies to use misleading photos on product packaging that make the product look different from what’s actually inside.
A court in London has largely sided with Stability AI in its legal battle with Getty Images, marking a significant ruling in the ongoing debate over how copyright laws apply to generative AI.
A professional photographer is taking legal action against a university coffee shop, alleging that it used her photo of a blueberry muffin without permission.
A unanimous Federal Communications Commission (FCC) vote last week puts DJI in even hotter water. However, despite initial appearances, the new decision is not as problematic as another issue that DJI is dealing with: a very slow security audit. All these things taken together indicate a very real chance that DJI drones will be officially banned from entering the U.S. by the end of this year.
A photographer has filed a $650,000 lawsuit against her employer after she fell from a rocky bank while taking pictures inside a dolphin enclosure at Sea World Resort, Australia.
The ongoing government shutdown is emboldening rule-breakers and thrill-seekers to get away with illegally flying drones, among other restricted activities.
A week after Fourth of July celebrations, PetaPixel reported that multiple California police departments had used drones to surveil and spot people illegally shooting off fireworks. Promised fines have been rolling out since, including a new $300,000 one levied against an Orange County homeowner who claims they were not even home on July 4.
Photographer Chris Levine, who captured an iconic holographic portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, is being sued by artist Rob Munday who claims that he is the co-creator of the works Equanimity and Lightness of Being.
As part of its expanding crackdown on immigration, the United States government says it will soon begin photographing every non-citizen, including all legal ones with green cards and visas, as they enter and leave the U.S. The government claims that improved facial recognition and more photos will prevent immigration violations and catch criminals.
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's engagement photos broke Instagram records in August and set into motion new photography trends. A photographer alleges that, capitalizing on the buzz, Realtor.com stole her photos of Kelce's mansion, where he proposed to Swift.
