It is illegal to share photos of the Eiffel Tower at night
It is actually illegal to share photos of the Eiffel Tower at night due to a loophole in European Union laws.
Topics: Legal affairs
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Bobby Brown sues over unauthorised footage
R&B singer Bobby Brown is suing the makers of the documentary about Whitney Houston for using unauthorised footage of him and his daughter.
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Ed Sheeran has to face the music over alleged rip-off of Marvin Gaye song
Ed Sheeran has failed in his bid to dismiss a copyright infringement suit by the heirs of Ed Townsend, who claim he copied from the R&B classic "Let's Get It On" in Sheeran's song "Thinking Out Loud".
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What happens when someone copies your idea for a book title?
An author has accused bestselling author Nora Roberts of plagiarising a book title of hers. But book titles cannot be copyrighted.
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Disney gets pushback on copyright of Hakuna Matata
Disney's trademark of the phrase "Hakuna Matata" is getting flak from Africans who think of it as cultural appropriation.
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Bad Choice: Netflix sued by Choose Your Own Adventure publisher
Netflix is being sued by the publisher of the Choose Your Own Adventure books for copyright infringement in its Black Mirror movie.
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Fallout Shelter rip-off Westworld Mobile to shut down
A game sued by Bethesda Softworks for being too similar to its game Fallout Shelter will shut down, one week after the developer and Bethesda settled out of court.
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Korean brand sued over traditional campfire song, but who really owns the copyright?
The most recent publishers of a popular children's song are being sued for copyright infringement. But even then it's unclear who wrote it.
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Monster Energy gets a rare win in court over trademark infringement
Energy drink company Monster Energy, known for going after any other company that has words, slogans or designs that bear even a bit of similarity to its trademark, has gotten a win in court.
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Did Banksy steal from a cartoonist?
Cinders McLeod, a Canadian cartoonist, noticed similarities between Banksy’s works and some of her own when she attended an exhibit of Banksy’s works in Toronto earlier this year. She was surprised by how many of the exhibits reminded her of her own work.
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Photographer thunderstruck by photo rip-off
Photographer Sean R. Heavey claims a 2010 photo he took of a supercell thunderstorm, which he called The Mothership, was used by Netflix in their hit series Stranger Things and a Netflix feature-length movie, How It Ends. Netflix denies this. But for photographers, seeing their work reproduced is unfortunately a very common occurrence.
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Fortnite developer sued by Creators of dance moves
A rapper named 2Milly is claiming the video game Fortnite is copying his signature dance move and selling it, and he is suing the game’s developer Epic Games. In the lawsuit, 2Milly claims Epic Games is using his “Milly Rock” dance move and profiting from it by turning it into an in-game Emote called “Swipe It”. Emotes are dances that players can use in the game to express themselves.
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Apple sued by voice artist behind Hebrew Siri
A woman who provided her voice as the Hebrew version of Siri has sued Apple because iPhone users are making Siri say inappropriate things.
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Swiss watch maker rips off bitcoin startup's idea
Swiss watch maker Hublot releases a watch that can only be bought with Bitcoin, and claims it is first to do so. But is it?
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Instagram comedian unwittingly becomes model in diet patch ad
Australian comedian, Celeste Barber, known for parodying photos of celebrities on Instagram, was notified by a fan that her photos are being used on the shopping website Wish. On the page, her photos are being used as a ‘before’ picture to sell weight loss patches.
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A floating box on stage is not an original idea
Kanye West is being accused of stealing ideas, again. But this time the accuser might not be so correct in her assumption that her idea is original.
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Not Faier - celebrity Sam Faiers accused of ripping off small clothing brand
Celebrity Sam Faiers has been accused of taking freebies from a small business and then copying their designs when she launched her new fashion line.
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Eminem wins lawsuit for sound-alike song used in political ad
Eminem has won a lawsuit against a New Zealand political party for using a sound-alike song that is too similar to the rapper's hit song, Lose Yourself, in their political advertisement in 2014. The National Party has appealed for the damages to be reduced and will pay NZ$225,000 instead of NZ$600,000.
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Terry Rozier air balls with theft of Scream mask image
NBA star Terry Rozier has been accused of stealing the design of a mask from a movie and using it in his merchandise. Rozier, who plays for the Boston Celtics and is also known as “Scary Terry”, has been selling shirts and sweatshirts that feature his nickname and the image of the infamous mask from the 1996 movie Scream.
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U.S. government to seize trademark of illegal motorcyle gang
The U.S. government is trying to stop an illegal motorcycle club by suing it and taking possession of its trademark.
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