Celebrity tattoo artist Kat Von D went on trial over a photographer's claims that an image of a Miles Davis tattoo she inked on a client infringed his copyright -- in a case that may upend the entire industry.
Notorious B.I.G.’s estate has reached a settlement with the widow of late hip-hop photographer Chi Modu, resolving a long-running dispute over his famed images of the rapper.
A Texas politician has found herself in hot water after it was revealed that she’s been posting images of food to her social media accounts that she did not create.
A former photographer for the British royal family is suing a clothing store for allegedly using his image of Princess Diana in its advertising without permission.
A photographer has sued a small church for allegedly using his photo as a thumbnail image for a video of a sermon -- without his consent.
An architecture photographer in California has been awarded $6.3 million after a jury found that a retirement community provider used 43 of his pictures without a license.
Photographers have been warned about doing Grinch-themed photo shoots over the holidays due to "serious trademark infringement issues."
A photographer is suing Guns ‘N’ Roses for copyright infringement and their management for sexual harassment.
A photographer has lost a lawsuit against Apple over images that appeared in the background of a documentary about singer Billie Eilish -- with a judge calling the usage "too trivial" to be deemed infringing.
Founder of popular photo blog Humans of New York Brandon Stanton has called out an Indian version of his page Humans of Bombay amid a copyright row -- accusing it of appropriating his own work first.
Gagosian Gallery, which has found itself in the middle of an ongoing legal saga regarding artist Richard Prince's work, has won an early legal victory regarding the case. The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has ruled that the gallery is not liable for any profits made from Prince's New Portraits series.
A photographer is suing model and television personality Chrissy Teigen for allegedly posting his photo of actress Katie Holmes without permission on her Instagram story.
The newly-formed Copyright Claims Board (CCB) has ruled the owner of a website must pay a photographer $3,000 after it infringed upon his copyright.
An energy drinks company has sued a competitor for allegedly copying its ad campaign with Kim Kardashian and creating a nearly identical photo with a different model.
Bella Hadid has been sued by a photographer who claims to have screenshotted their photo being used without permission on the supermodel's Instagram story.
Former supermodel Paulina Porizkova has revealed that she is now "terrified" of posting on Instagram after she was sued by a photographer.
A photographer is seeking compensation in a court of law after alleging that the cannabis website Leafly used his photos of rappers Snoop Dogg and Tupac Shakur.
The United States Supreme Court has released its opinion on The Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith case, finding in favor of Lynn Goldsmith and stating that Warhol's use of her photo was not fair use.
Two professional photographers have scored early victories in a pair of long-running copyright lawsuits against artist Richard Prince for his controversial Instagram-sourced New Portraits series.
Rapper Cam'ron has been sued for allegedly using an iconic photo of him wearing a pink fur coat on a slew of merchandise without the photographer's permission.
An artist, whose work has been exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, escaped a copyright infringement lawsuit over her unlicensed use of an iconic photograph of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
A photographer has filed a copyright infringement claim against an artist who allegedly replicated her photograph as a painting.
A photo agency has filed a $228.9m copyright infringement lawsuit against Twitter after thousands of its photographs were uploaded by users of the social media site.
Supermodel Bella Hadid is facing a second copyright infringement lawsuit for posting an image of herself on Instagram without a photographer's permission -- a little over a week after a French photo agency also sued her.
A company has been told to pay a photographer $1.2 million after it used his photo of a pigeon for over a decade without compensating him for it.
A photographer is suing Gannett Media for as much as $34 million in damages after hundreds of its news publications allegedly used her image without permission.
Paris Hilton is facing a copyright infringement lawsuit for cropping, editing, and posting photos of herself on Instagram without the photographer's permission.
Model Bella Hadid is facing a copyright infringement lawsuit after she posted an image of herself on Instagram without the photographer’s permission.
Meta has defeated a photographer in a lawsuit that claims Facebook contributes to copyright infringement by letting outside websites embed images shared on the social media platform. However, a San Francisco federal judge has given the photographer permission to file a new complaint.
Miley Cyrus has settled a copyright infringement lawsuit a month after she was sued for posting an image of herself on Instagram without the photographer's permission.