A Thai Air flight attendant shuts down her Instagram account, after facing backlash for stealing photographers’ images, inserting herself into them, and promoting her brand.
By Michael Zhang. PetaPixel.
http://petapixel.com/2017/01/02/thai-air-hostess-instagram-star-busted-shopping-stolen-pics
Augusta, Georgia photographer faces the worst on social media, after calling out a popular Instagram influencer who used her photo without permission.
By Michael Zhang. PetaPixel.
https://petapixel.com/2017/01/10/photographer-gets-cyberbullied-defending-photo-copyright
Alyson Lewis claims that her Queensland locality misused her photograph and denied her any attribution or compensation.
By Helen Spelitis. Warwick Daily News.
www.warwickdailynews.com.au/news/they-mutilated-my-work-photographer/3123752
Photographer Henri Käck claims that the American heavy metal band lifted one of his photos and used it in the group’s latest music video, ‘Murder One.’
By Tom Williams. Music Feeds.
Freelance photojournalist Eddie Mitchell wins settlement from UK-based image house Alamy, after the company obtained Mr. Mitchell’s aerial drone photo of a British schoolhouse fire and credited it to another photographer, and then sold the photo to news outlets for far less than Mr. Mitchell’s standard licensing rate.
By Freddy Mayhew. Press Gazette.
Georgia photographer Allison Rose sues technology firm MSI for using Ms. Rose’s photo in an advertising campaign, without permission.
By Luke Plunkett. Cosplay.
http://cosplay.kotaku.com/pc-company-accused-of-stealing-cosplay-image-for-ad-1789453535
Jennifer Rondinelli Reilly is awarded statutory damages, to be paid by event ticketing platform CHARGED.fm, after the business lifted Reilly’s copyrighted concert photo and removed her watermark, and used the image on the company’s website.
By Alexis Kramer. Bloomberg BNA.
The rights holder of the classic children’s book series files suit against a comic book website, for replicating and marketing original Dr. Seuss content for a comic strip, without authorization.
By TMZ.
www.tmz.com/2016/11/12/dr-seuss-oh-the-places-youll-go-lawsuit
Mexican artist Humberto Puentes-Segura, creator of restaurant logo for former AMC drama series ‘Breaking Bad,’ sues Sony for selling merchandise featuring Puentes-Segura’s copyrighted design, without authorization.
By Ashley Cullins. The Hollywood Reporter.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/breaking-bad-los-pollos-hermanos-artist-sues-sony-942720
The end of the entertainment giant’s 10-year legal battle against peddlers of “The Wizard of Oz,” “Gone With the Wind,” and other classic film merchandise, affirms the company’s $2.6M court award for copyright infringement.
By Eriq Gardner. The Hollywood Reporter.
