Law

A Minnesota photojournalist is challenging a nationwide temporary flight restriction banning drone flights within 3,000 feet of Department of Homeland Security assets.

Afroman has won a legal victory after police officers sued him over his use of security footage in a series of comedic rap videos showing an Adams County Sheriff’s Office raid on his home.

Three teens have filed a class action lawsuit claiming that Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok was used to create nonconsensual sexually explicit images and videos of them when they were minors.

Relatives of the eccentric photographer Mike Disfarmer have reached a settlement in a copyright dispute involving thousands of his photographs and glass-plate negatives.

A bipartisan bill introduced in Congress would require technology companies to disclose which copyrighted works are used to train AI systems.

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit against Adobe back in June 2024, alleging that the company hid fees and made it excessively challenging for its customers to cancel subscriptions. Adobe and the DOJ settled the lawsuit today, and Adobe will pay the DOJ $75 million and provide affected customers with $75 million worth of free services. Adobe maintains it did nothing wrong.

After Iranian missiles began striking parts of the United Arab Emirates -- including popular influencer destination Dubai -- videos and photos of the carnage began emerging online.

The Pentagon has banned press photographers from taking photos inside the press briefing room after several media outlets published what its representatives categorized as "unflattering" photos of Secretary Pete Hegseth.

Meta is facing a class action lawsuit over its AI smart glasses, with plaintiffs alleging that the company misled consumers about how footage captured by the devices may be reviewed.

In January, news broke that Nikon had filed a lawsuit against Viltrox in China concerning patents related to Nikon Z-mount technology. A couple of weeks later, Viltrox said that despite the lawsuit, it was not adjusting its lens development roadmap. New reports this week claim that lens makers Sirui (China) and Meike (Hong Kong) have both stopped Nikon Z lenses, which is quite the coincidence given the ongoing legal situation with Viltrox.

A photographer who had over $12,000 worth of camera gear stolen from a bar in New York is going public with his story in the hope of getting it back.

The United States Supreme Court has ended the long saga over whether an AI can be registered as the author of an artwork after it declined to take up the case brought by computer scientist Dr. Stephen Thaler.

A photographer has been charged in federal court in connection with an alleged $4.6 million fraud scheme tied to child modeling opportunities.

Insta360 has won a significant legal victory from the United States International Trade Commission (ITC), meaning that it can continue to import and sell its entire current product lineup inside the U.S.

The Hillary Clinton deposition was halted yesterday after a photograph was leaked from the House Oversight Committee and posted online.

The North Carolina Attorney General has announced he is suing a wedding photography business that allegedly took money from hundreds of couples without providing a service.

Arriving at a social media addiction trial in Los Angeles last week, Mark Zuckerberg and his legal team were donning stylish Meta Ray-Bans. The one problem? You're not allowed to wear smart glasses in court.

Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down President Trump's global tariffs he instituted last year based on the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). Hours later, the president announced new 10% global tariffs against most imports under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974. Today, the president said he is actually going to raise the tariffs to 15%, the maximum allowed under the trade law he is using for his latest tariffs.

Just hours after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump's global reciprocal tariffs as illegal in a 6-3 ruling, the president announced a new 10% global tariff for 150 days.

A BASE jumper has been charged with a federal offense after he posted an Instagram video of himself leaping off Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park.

A sharply worded judicial Order to release a 5-year-old boy and his father from a federal immigration detention center includes a color photo of the child.

A Bay Area police department warns that burglars are placing small, concealed cameras outside houses to monitor residents’ routines and identify when homes are empty.

Campaign groups are urging the removal of Chinese-made CCTV cameras from sensitive sites in the U.K. citing security risks and human rights concerns.

The U.S. Department of Justice has urged the Supreme Court to decline a request from a computer scientist seeking copyright protection for an image created entirely by an AI system.

After more than a decade in court, an underwater photographer’s legal battle over images of Blackbeard’s shipwreck -- and whether states can be held liable for copyright infringement -- may finally be over.

South Korea has introduced a landmark set of laws regulating artificial intelligence, including rules that require companies to clearly label AI-generated content.

Last week, we found out that the Z-mount might not be quite as open as we previously thought because Nikon is suing Viltrox. While right now it could be as simple as seeking royalties for using the mount, it could also just as easily end up being a similar situation to Canon, who runs a closed mount.

At least three Iranian photographers have been arrested and their camera gear seized as information slowly emerges from the country during a near-total internet blackout imposed by the authorities.

Apple is being sued by Reincubate, which makes the Camo smartphone webcam app. It has filed a lawsuit against Apple in a U.S. federal court in New Jersey, accusing the company of anticompetitive conduct and patent infringement.

The National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) has issues a statement noting its "firm opposition" to the manipulation of journalistic images by the White House, saying it doing so was meant to purposely mislead the public.

More than 50 brides say they paid thousands of dollars to a local wedding photographer who they claim failed to deliver photos or stopped communicating with them.

A sports photographer has been accused of scamming people out of their money and photographs across the U.S., prompting a growing law enforcement investigation.

The U.S. Commerce Department says it has withdrawn a proposed rule that would have imposed new restrictions on Chinese-made drones over national security concerns.

A court has sided with Pinterest in a case brought by a photographer over his copyrighted photos being shown in email and push notifications outside of its platform.

A photographer and the news outlet that sent her to cover a protest are suing the Canadian police over her arrest in a case that could redefine who counts as a journalist in an era where "anyone with a cellphone" can be considered media.

An aerial photographer has secured a favorable ruling in a copyright infringement case after a clothing retailer used his image of the Manhattan skyline on its website without permission.

A photographer won a legal ruling for compensation after a news website used his images, but tracking down the site’s owners and editors has proved impossible.

An appeals court upheld a verdict clearing celebrity tattoo artist Kat Von D of copyright infringement over her use of a photographer's image of Miles Davis. However, two judges used the ruling to question whether the long-standing legal test for determining when one creative work copies another remains valid.

A Japanese food photographer has been awarded over $7,260 after a Canadian food delivery company used two of his images on its website without permission.

A wedding photographer in South Korea has been sentenced to 18 months in jail for taking payments from over 160 couples but never delivering the images.

A singer has sued a photographer for selling pictures taken of her for Vogue magazine as "fine art prints" without her permission.

The National Park Service is seeking information on a pair of visitors, including a photographer, who were recently caught on camera throwing rocks at resting seals at Point Reyes National Seashore in Northern California.

A photographer has taken to social media to allege that a rock band used her concert photo on merchandise without her consent.