14 Sep Sir Rod Stewart sued for using photo of himself
Sir Rod Stewart is facing a copyright claim by a photographer who says Stewart used her image, of the singer and an ex-girlfriend, without her permission. ...
10 Aug The Shape of Water claim dismissed
A US court has dismissed a copyright claim that had been filed against The Shape of Water director Guillermo Del Toro and Fox Searchlight by the son of Pulitzer winning playwright Paul Zindel....
22 Jun Privacy – Damages and apology for revenge porn pics of dead woman
The Sun has paid substantial damages and made a public apology to the family of a deceased grandmother over the publication of stolen topless pictures of her printed following the rejection of her lottery win claim in 2016....
29 May Miley Cyrus hit with a reported $300 Million Lawsuit Over Hit Song We Can’t Stop
Miley Cyrus is reportedly facing a $300 million copyright infringement lawsuit from the Jamaican artist Michael May aka Flourgon, who claims that Cyrus’ 2013 hit single We Can’t Stop closely resembles a song he wrote in 1988....
27 Apr Tulisa wins fight over Britney Spears track
Pop star Tulisa Contostavlos has won a claim against Will.i.am and Britney Spears after she was left out of the song-writing credits for Britney’s hit Scream and Shout. ...
13 Apr Stranger Things creators accused of plagiarising short film
The creators of hit TV series Stranger Things, Matt and Ross Duffer, have been accused of taking the idea for the Netflix show from a 2012 short film by director Charlie Kessler....
16 Mar Bill Cosby lawsuit against BBC dismissed
The BBC has succeeded in its motion to dismiss a copyright infringement claim over its use of footage of Bill Cosby’s comedy career in a documentary about the star’s legal problems....
16 Mar Oscar winner Guillermo Del Toro and Fox Searchlight sued over Shape of Water
The family of a Pulitzer-winning playwright has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Guillermo del Toro and Fox Searchlight alleging that the Oscar-winning film The Shape of Water ...
15 Mar zoom-in brief | 16 March 2018
In this issue of zoom-in brief, Oscar winning director Guillermo Del Toro and film distributors Fox Searchlight are sued over their film The Shape of Water; Rebel Wilson’s record defamation payout in Australia gets challenged by a host of Australian media companies; and Bill Cosby’s copyright lawsuit against the BBC in California is dismissed....
23 Feb KENDRICK LAMAR AND SZA SUED OVER BLACK PANTHER SONG’S MUSIC VIDEO
Rapper Kendrick Lamar and R’n’B singer SZA are being sued in the US courts over their video for the song All the Stars, which features on the soundtrack to the Marvel movie Black Panther....
22 Feb zoom-in brief | 23 February 2018
In this issue of zoom-in brief, Rapper Kendrick Lamar and R’n’B singer SZA are being sued in the US over their video for All the Stars, a song which features on the soundtrack to Marvel movie, Black Panther; the High Court finds Channel 5 in breach of privacy rights over their programme Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away!; and stand-up comedian Louise Beaumont is sued by her estranged husband over references to their relationship....
09 Feb Prince’s estate claims victory in court action over unreleased material
The estate of pop star Prince says that a dispute with a producer who has sought to put out unreleased material by the artist has been resolved in its favour....
09 Feb Frowning feline wins big in copyright claim
The owners of Grumpy Cat, a feline with a comically miserable expression which has become famous on the internet, have been awarded $710,000 (£500,000) in damages by a jury in California....
20 Dec Authorship: opera singer loses legal fight over Florence Foster Jenkins script
A Judge has declared that screenwriter Nicholas Martin is the sole author of the Hollywood comedy drama Florence Foster Jenkins, which was directed by Stephen Frears and starred Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant....
03 Nov Minute to Win It infringement claim dismissed
A Danish citizen’s claim that Endemol Shine Group had infringed his copyright with a series called Minute to Win It has been rejected by a High Court Judge....