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Ariana Grande Is Being Sued For Posting Paparazzi Photos Of Herself To Instagram
Article via BuzzfeedNews
The lawsuit is part of a growing trend by paparazzi to sue celebrities who share their photos to social media.
A paparazzi photographer filed a lawsuit against Ariana Grande Monday, alleging the singer violated copyright law by posting photos he took of her to her Instagram account.
Robert Barbera, a New York–based photographer, photographed Grande last year as she exited a building carrying a bag that read “Sweetener.”
Two of the photos were then shared on Grande’s official Instagram account Aug. 17, the day Grande released her album Sweetener. “Happy sweetener day,” she wrote in the caption.
The Instagram post, which remains up on Grande’s page, has received more than 3,390,000 likes. A screenshot of the photo was also filed as evidence in court:
“[Grande] infringed [Barbera’s] copyright in the Photographs by reproducing and publicly displaying the Photographs on the Instagram Page,” he wrote in his lawsuit. “[Grande] is not, and has never been, licensed or otherwise authorized to reproduce, publically display, distribute and/or use the Photographs.”
Barbera is suing for either the profits Grande earned from the photos or $25,000 for each pic.
Representatives for Grande didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment from BuzzFeed News.
Grande is not the first celeb to land in legal hot water for posting a paparazzi photo.
BuzzFeed News reported in December that photo agencies have been targeting stars who use their pics — without credit — on their social channels.
In January, supermodel Gigi Hadid was sued by a photo agency for posting a pic it had taken of her to her 44 million Instagram followers.
Kim Kardashian West, Jennifer Lopez, 50 Cent, and Jessica Simpson have also been impacted.
Paparazzi photographers have seen their profits sink since the advent of social media, which has allowed celebrities to take control of their image and share their own photos with fans.
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Ariana Grande sued over ‘God Is a Woman’ video
Article via FOXNews
A Las Vegas artist accused Grande, 25, of copying an image of a woman’s silhouette in front of a candle for the steamy clip.
Vladimir Kush and his company Kush Fine Arts Las Vegas alleged that the image in Grande’s music video was “nearly identical” to Kush’s paintings that he copyrighted in 1999 and 2000.
The “God Is a Woman” music video has racked up nearly 200 million views since its debut in July 2018.
Kush is seeking unspecified damages from Grande and requested the music video be removed from the Internet.
The lawsuit lists Grande under her legal name, Ariana Grande-Butera, along with defendants Universal Music Group and the video director, producer and production company.
Susan Gutierrez, an attorney who represented Grande in a 2016 copyright infringement lawsuit, declined to comment to the Associated Press about the Las Vegas case.
The 2016 case, filed in Los Angeles, involved a songwriter’s claim that Grande’s song “One Last Time” was similar to his work of two years earlier. It was settled in August 2017.
Kush’s attorney, Mark Tratos, also declined comment to AP about the current suit.
It’s the latest accusation Grande faces of allegedly copying others’ work.
Last month, rapper Princess Nokia accused Grande of stealing lyrics from her song “Mine” for Grande’s smash “7 Rings.”
Rappers Soulja Boy and 2 Chainz later accused Grande of biting their work for the song as well, though 2 Chainz would later join forces with the singer for a “7 Rings” remix.
Grande has not yet publicly commented on the allegations of stealing others’ work.
A rep for Grande did not return a request for comment on the lawsuit.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.