Action photographer Jeffrey R. Werner alleges that Barcroft Media, Ltd. and Valnet Inc. used his registered photos without permission.
By Wadi Reformado. Northern California Record.
Thoroughbred racing lensmen contend with an increasingly competitive and expensive bid to protect their copyrighted photographs.
By Sarah Radford. Horse & Hound.
www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/equestrian-photograph-copyright-theft-617064
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals finds that website moderators may have the ability to screen for copyrighted content, thus limiting site operators’ DMCA safe-harbor immunity from copyright claims.
By Eriq Gardner. The Hollywood Reporter.
San Francisco-based freelancer Paige K. Parsons claims that singer Erykah Badu and her representatives, including Universal Music Group, used Parsons’s copyrighted photo without permission.
By Rebecca Cooper. Washington Business Journal.
www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2017/03/28/photographer-sues-erykah-badu-in-d-c-court-over.html
Vanessa Boy claims that the apparel retailer used her Instagram photo on social media and advertisements, without credit or permission.
The Fashion Law.
www.thefashionlaw.com/home/forever-21-hit-with-copyright-infringement-suit-over-instagram-photo
Mavrix Photographs alleges that news site Black Celebrity Kids used several of Mavrix’s registered photos of Beyonce, without permission.
By Jenie Mallari-Torres. Northern California Record.
A French court ruled that American artist Jeff Koons misappropriated the late French photographer Jean-François Bauret’s iconic photograph, in Koons’s statue creation, and the exhibiting Pompidou Center was at fault for using an image of the statue in its marketing materials.
By Amah-Rose Abrams. Artnet News.
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/jeff-koons-pompidou-lose-copyright-infringement-case-887324
The TV personality shared Don Mupasi’s images with her nearly five million Instagram followers, twice, without giving credit or asking for permission.
By DL Cade. PetaPixel.
https://petapixel.com/2017/02/03/celebrity-uses-photos-without-credit-twice
Kayla Kraft claims that the beer company lifted her registered photo from her Facebook page and used it for a retail marketing campaign throughout North Carolina.
World Intellectual Property Review.
www.worldipreview.com/news/fake-moustache-sparks-copyright-lawsuit-against-ab-inbev-13596
Michael Grecco claims that the media outlet stole his registered photo of a breast pump and used it in an online article.
By World Intellectual Property Review.
www.worldipreview.com/news/time-inc-in-breast-pump-photo-copyright-row-13567
