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A news site didn’t break copyright laws when it published a paparazzi shot it did not own showing the actor Jon Hamm‘s pants bulge, a judge ruled Thursday — because of all the fuss surrounding the “Mad Men” star’s member. HuffPost used the viral image showing Hamm strolling down the street on two legs — …
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A Los Angeles federal court judge has decided that two songwriters who claim their lyrics were pilfered by Taylor Swift for her massive 2014 hit “Shake It Off” may have a case. US District Judge Michael Fitzgerald that songwriters Sean Hall and Nathan Butler “have sufficiently alleged a protectable selection and arrangement or a sequence …
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Pop star Miley Cyrus was hit with a lawsuit Wednesday for allegedly stealing a photographer’s shot of her at New York Fashion Week and posting it to her Instagram account. Atlanta-based shooter Chosen Figure took the snap of Cyrus, wearing a crop top, black slacks and red boots, as she left the Marc Jacobs show …
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A New York photographer has sued actress Jennifer Hudson and her company for allegedly ripping off his photo and posting it to social media. Fernando Ramales snapped the “Dreamgirls” star wearing an iridescent pink blazer and thigh-high stilettos, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday in Manhattan federal court. A news site bought the image and …
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Katy Perry found herself with one less $2.8 million problem Tuesday, when a judge tossed a copyright infringement case against her. U.S. District Court Judge Christina Snyder found that Capitol Records and the team that worked on Perry’s “Dark Horse” in 2013 — which includes Lukasz “Dr. Luke” Gottwald — are not liable for infringing …