{"id":462,"date":"2021-07-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/norrismclaughlin.com\/mtym\/2021\/07\/23\/owns-photographs-of-you-copyright-infringement-social-media\/"},"modified":"2021-07-23T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-07-23T00:00:00","slug":"owns-photographs-of-you-copyright-infringement-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/norrismclaughlin.com\/mtym\/copyright\/owns-photographs-of-you-copyright-infringement-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Careful of Who Owns Photographs of You"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Singer\/songwriter Dua Lipa is facing a copyright infringement complaint (<em>Integral Images, Inc. v. Dua Lipa<\/em>, 2:21-cv-05470, C.D. Ca), claiming she posted an image of herself on her own <a href=\"https:\/\/norrismclaughlin.com\/mtym\/973\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a> account. And Lipa isn\u2019t alone \u2013 in the past five years, celebrities including Khloe Kardashian, Gigi Hadid, Deshaun Watson, Jennifer Lopez, Victoria Beckham, as well as others, have been accused of copyright infringement for posting photos of themselves on social media.<!--more--><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Copyright Infringement on Social Media<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>It may seem strange that she could violate someone\u2019s rights by using a photograph of herself, but in photographs, like every other creative work, the creator owns the work, unless there\u2019s an agreement otherwise.\u00a0So, if a photographer takes a picture of a celebrity (or anybody!) in the street, the photographer owns the copyright, even if the subject might have a right in the use of their image for commercial purposes.<\/p>\n<p>Some subjects have tried to get around the photographer\u2019s rights. Gigi Hadid (in <em>Xclusive-Lee, Inc. v. Jelena Noura \u201cGigi\u201d Hadid, <\/em>1:19-CV-00520, S.D.N.Y.) claimed that, by cooperating with the photographer\u2019s taking of her picture, she had both contributed to the creation of the work (making her a co-author) and earned an implied license from the photographer to use the photograph she had participated in the creation of. Hadid won for a different reason (the photographer had failed to register their copyright), but courts have been generally unwelcoming to arguments that would make every model a co-author of the photographs they appear in.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Careful of Who Owns Photographs of You<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Paparazzi are an occupational hazard for celebrities, but everyone who works with photographers or uses social media for marketing needs to keep the issue of copyright ownership in mind. Whether you\u2019re a business owner using a photographer to create promotional images, or you need to make sure you\u2019re able to use client photographs on your social media, the first step is making sure you have the rights you need. An <a href=\"https:\/\/norrismclaughlin.com\/mtym\/190\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">intellectual property lawyer<\/a> can help you with a services agreement that protects your rights or a license that prevents a lawsuit down the line.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions about this post or any related issue, please feel free to contact me at <a href=\"mailto:dsiegel@norris-law.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">dsiegel@norris-law.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Singer\/songwriter Dua Lipa is facing a copyright infringement complaint (Integral Images, Inc. v. Dua Lipa, 2:21-cv-05470, C.D. Ca), claiming she posted an image of herself on her own Instagram account. And Lipa isn\u2019t alone \u2013 in the past five years, celebrities including Khloe Kardashian, Gigi Hadid, Deshaun Watson, Jennifer Lopez, Victoria Beckham, as well as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":173,"featured_media":463,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[109,405,427],"tags":[398,428,429],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.1 (Yoast SEO v22.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Careful of Who Owns Photographs of You - More Than Your Mark\u00ae<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/norrismclaughlin.com\/mtym\/copyright\/owns-photographs-of-you-copyright-infringement-social-media\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Careful of Who Owns Photographs of You\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Singer\/songwriter Dua Lipa is facing a copyright infringement complaint (Integral Images, Inc. v. 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