Jennifer Lopez sued for $150,000 over an Instagram photograph

One of Hollywood’s most promising actress and singer Jennifer Lopez is being sued over  use of a picture on her Instagram. actress faces a copyright infringement case and will have to pay an amount of USD 150,000 for dams. As per reports, according to court documents obtained by a local media outlet, a New York photographer Steve Sands is suing singer and her production company Nuyorican Productions for copyright infringement. 

Jennifer Lopez faces lawsuit for an Instagram picture

federal lawsuit reportedly states that 50-year-old star used photograph taken of her by Sands to promote ir brand on Instagram, where singer has over 119 million followers, without even taking permission to post or any compensation.  picture of Hustlers actress clicked by Stands had received over 656,000 likes n. It was posted on June 22, 2017. According to reports, lawsuits cite that defendants did t license photograph from Plaintiff for its website, and r did defendants have plaintiff's consent to publish picture on its Website. As per documents from court, photographer is entitled to get paid a sum for his dams which is up to USD 150,000 per work infringed. 

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As per reports, lawsuit against Lopez was filed in Manhattan federal court by lawyer Richard Liebowitz. Richard reportedly told a local outlet that this case is an example of celebrities using photographs clicked by several photographers without ir consent to brand mselves on social media. According to Richard, number of likes photograph receives coupled with ir number of social media followers is a tool to commercialize posts by celebrities. This is t first time that actress has been slammed with any lawsuit. Last year in October, Lopez was sued for USD 150,000 over a picture she posted of Alex Rodriguez on her Instagram story in 2017. 

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