Law

Supermodel Gigi Hadid was ordered to pay $3,000 in damages after she failed to respond to a photographer's copyright lawsuit.

A man who used AI to create child abuse images using photographs of real children has been sentenced to 18 years in prison.

Internal documents have revealed that TikTok knows its algorithm is harmful to kids and that the average user becomes "addicted" to the app in 35 minutes.

A veteran music photographer has sued the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame claiming that the museum illegally displayed his image of the band Van Halen.

The production company behind Blade Runner 2049 has filed a lawsuit against Tesla, Elon Musk, and Warner Bros. Discovery, for allegedly feeding stills from the movie into an AI image generator to create unauthorized promotional content.

DJI filed a lawsuit against the United States Department of Defense (DoD) concerning the department's declaring the Chinese drone company a "Chinese military company."

Muhammad Ali's personal photographer, Michael Gaffney, won a landmark copyright infringement lawsuit against Authentic Brands Group (ABG), securing damages totaling $1.65 million.

Earlier this week, DJI launched the Air 3S, its exciting new dual-camera drone with a larger image sensor and support for 10-bit video recording. However, as noted in PetaPixel's coverage, retail availability hasn't been announced yet, an unusual shift from DJI's typical product launch. DJI detailed why in a new blog post, explaining that a "customs-related misunderstanding" is to blame.

Earlier this year, a photographer sued a woman after she posted a photo of her grandmother's apartment on a vacation property rental website. The apartment photo featured a wallpaper based on photographs taken by Stefan Böhme.

Photo agency Backgrid has sued Interview magazine for allegedly posting a "valuable" photo of singer Grimes without permission.

Multiple U.S. states have sued TikTok over claims that the video app is designed to be addictive to kids and harms their mental health.

Amazon and Canon have joined forces to file a lawsuit against 18 vendors allegedly selling counterfeit toner cartridges on the Amazon store.

California governor Gavin Newsom has signed two bills that will make it illegal for people to possess or distribute AI-generated deepfake nudes of children.

A drone photographer is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to protect his aerial images with First Amendment Rights -- in the same way as free speech.

A newspaper photographer has been arrested for taking pictures of the first person to use the Sarco suicide pod -- which allows an individual to take their own life in a few minutes.

A lawsuit has already been filed against California's new laws designed to curb AI images and deepfakes.

Muhammad Ali's personal photographer is suing an agency for allegedly using his iconic photos of the late boxer after his contract expired.

California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed two bills into law that will protect actors and performers from unauthorized AI clones.

California passed a new law that makes it illegal to create deepfakes related to the 2024 election -- the toughest law on political AI-generated content in the U.S. yet.

A gallery owner was sentenced to five years in prison for defrauding clients out of $1.6 million worth of fine art photographs, including prints by famed landscape photographer Ansel Adams.

TikTok fought against its threatened U.S. ban in a federal court on Monday -- in a hearing that was described as "the most important two hours" in the video app's history.

Two brothers have been arrested and charged with assaulting a New York Times photographer and stealing her equipment during the attack on the U.S. Capitol January 6, 2021.

Image rights over a person's likeness are at the center of a legal battle between a production company and Disney-owned Lucasfilm and Lunak Heavy Industries.

Governments worldwide are grappling with generative artificial intelligence (AI) and how to deal with it. In the United States, movement has been generally slow and limited. A group of Senators have joined to urge the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate generative AI products for antitrust violations.

Although much of the political news this week has been on the much-anticipated Presidential Debate, which finally took place last night, there have been other happenings, including movement on the Countering CCP Drones Act, which would move to ban DJI drones in the United States.

A press photographer from London had all of his gear stolen last week and says British police did nothing despite getting the exact location of the cameras and a picture of the thief.

A host of countries including the United States and the United Kingdom have signed the "first-ever international legally binding treaty" aimed at ensuring AI systems are "fully consistent with
human rights, democracy and the rule of law."

A drone interrupted a Green Day concert in Detroit on Wednesday evening after the band was rushed off stage due to the perceived security threat.

A photographer has sued Apple after the company allegedly used her photos on the Apple Music website without her consent.

A federal judge has ruled that social media companies can't be forced to block certain types of "harmful" content from teens.

Three photojournalists were arrested while covering protests during the Democratic National Convention in Chicago last week.

A Minnesota wedding photographer is facing criminal charges for allegedly secretly recording a bride in a dressing room.

A photographer will receive a $437,500 payout from the city of Denver, Colorado after police officers shot him in the face with pepper-ball spray during a George Floyd protest in 2020.

Adobe, OpenAI, and Microsoft have backed a bill in California that requires tech companies to clearly label AI-generated content.

A North Carolina woman is suing members of the North Carolina State Board of Elections concerning the state's laws banning photos of official ballots, including "ballot selfies."

A photographer has received a $100,000 payout from the city of Des Moines, Iowa after a police officer tacked and arrested him during a George Floyd protest in the summer of 2020.

Canada has handed a $22,000 fine to a film crew who illegally flew their drone next to a pod of orcas.

The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reportedly intends to photograph the faces of migrant children at the U.S. border to improve its facial recognition technology. A claim that the DHS itself denies.

A bill introduced in the California state senate aims to prevent the dangers of artificial intelligence. Critics, including Google and Meta, say the bill could stifle innovation and even kill California's significant tech industry.

A news photographer in the U.K. says police are obtaining a court order that will force him to hand over his pictures to them.

Katy Perry is being investigated by Spanish officials after the singer allegedly filmed a music video in ecologically sensitive sand dunes without permission.

A judge has granted a group of artists the right to continue their copyright claims against four AI image generator companies.

Google and Meta made a secret deal to target Instagram ads to teenagers on YouTube -- breaking the search giant’s own rules against advertising to children.

A New York City videographer was arrested on felony hate charges after reportedly filming the vandalism of homes by a group of pro-Palestinian protestors.

A photographer was left appalled after a hunting company used her image of a famous wolf to advertise its blood sports services.

A real estate photographer has sued prominent Instagram account "Zillow Gone Wild" for using her property pictures without consent -- with her lawyer claiming that the company is based on "copying the work of others."

No stranger to conflict with the United States government, the popular social media app TikTok is being sued by the U.S. Department of Justice for alleged child privacy law violations.

A publishing house has been sued over its use of aerial images in its books that featured copyrighted art installations, a case that could significantly impact drone photography in Europe.

Turkey blocked access to Instagram across the country without stating a reason or duration for the ban.

The Associated Press (AP) have asked a court to dismiss a $6.8 million lawsuit over the agency's use of freelance photojournalists who were allegedly "embedded with Hamas" to cover the October 7 attacks -- arguing that the legal action strikes “a fatal blow” to freedom of press.