Gossip Cop was hit with a nearly $18,000 judgment, after a U.S. federal court ruled that the commercial entertainment site used two companies' celebrity photos without permission. By Jack Greiner. The Cincinnati Enquirer. www.cincinnati.com/story/money/2016/08/05/greiner-column-strictly-legal/88283040...
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A federal appeals court sustained the award for Philadelphia photographer Andrew Paul Leonard, after a dietary supplements company used Leonard's stem cell photographs, without permission, 92 times. By David Walker. Photo District News. www.pdnonline.com/news/legal/copyright/Appeals-Court-Upholds-1-6-Million-Infringement-Verdict-17241.shtml...
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Zuma, represented by , sues Getty for illegally licensing and profiting from over 47,000 of Zuma's sports photos. By Cyrus Farivar. Ars Technica. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/08/getty-images-sued-again-over-alleged-misuse-of-over-47000-photos By Andrew Chung. Reuters. www.reuters.com/article/idUSL1N1AK0BB...
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LA photojournalist Todd Bigelow, represented by , sues Fox for using Bigelow's Mexican border photo, in a news article, without permission. By Tobias Burns. The Hollywood Reporter. www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/fox-news-sued-use-mexico-915435...
Continue reading New Jersey wedding photographer Neil Clipper, represented by , sues Reality Tea for using Clipper's wedding photo of Teresa and Joe Giudice on Reality's site without permission. TMZ. www.tmz.com/2016/07/27/teresa-joe-giudice-wedding-photographer-lawsuit...
Continue reading New York-based photographer Glen Craig, represented by , sues American blues legend B.B. King's estate and Universal Music Group for infringing on Craig's exclusive photographs of King. By the Associated Press. Billboard. www.billboard.com/articles/news/7431254/bb-king-estate-universal-music-sued-by-photographer...
Continue reading Photographer J.C. Rice, represented by , claims that Cox used his photo of a formerly missing Columbia University student, without permission or credit, on the radio station giant's websites. By Adam Goldstein. The SPLC. www.splc.org/blog/splc/2016/06/rice-v-cmg-copyright-lawsuit...
Continue reading London-based photographer Alex Masi, represented by , claims that the company willfully infringed on his photo, in a Yahoo news article. By Alexis Kramer. Bloomberg BNA. www.bna.com/photojournalist-goes-yahoo-b57982076169...
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Texas Star-Telegram Staff Photographer Richard W. Rodriguez airs his and the newspaper's frustrations about infringements on Rodriguez's now-viral iconic photo of Toronto Blue Jay Jose Bautista's punch to the face by Texas Ranger Rougned Odor. By Andrew Greenstein. CBS Local Media. http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2016/06/20/iconic-photo-source-of-pride-frustration-for-photographer...
Continue reading The photo agency claims that an Ohio man devised a scheme that allowed him to steal and resell thousands of Getty's high-resolution images through a Facebook group. By DL Cade. PetaPixel. http://petapixel.com/2016/06/14/getty-sues-man-allegedly-sold-thousands-stolen-photos-facebook...
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