21st April, 2020
One of Hollywood’s most promising actress and singer Jennifer Lopez is being sued over the use of a picture on her Instagram. The actress faces a copyright infringement case and will have to pay an amount of USD 150,000 for the damages. As per reports, according to the court documents obtained by a local media outlet, a New York photographer Steve Sands is suing the singer and her production company Nuyorican Productions for copyright infringement.
好萊塢前途大有可為之女星及歌手之一，珍妮佛羅培茲，在其個人IG上傳一張照片而被訴。鴿女星面臨一樁侵害著作權之訴訟，另必須支付一筆15萬美元之賠償金。根據當地媒體取得法院文件所為之報導，紐約攝影師 Steve Sands對珍妮佛羅培茲及其製作公司Nuyorican提起侵害著作權之訴。
The federal lawsuit reportedly states that the 50-year-old star used the photograph taken of her by Sands to promote their brand on Instagram, where the singer has over 119 million followers, without even taking permission to post or any compensation. The picture of the Hustlers actress clicked by Stands had received over 656,000 likes then. It was posted on June 22, 2017. According to the reports, the lawsuits cite that the defendants did not license the photograph from the Plaintiff for its website, and nor did the defendants have the plaintiff's consent to publish the picture on its Website. As per the documents from the court, the photographer is entitled to get paid a sum for his damages which is up to USD 150,000 per work infringed.
據報導聯邦訴訟聲明，50歲女星珍妮佛羅培茲未得Sands允許或支付任何金額，利用一張Sands所攝之照片，上傳於其個人IG去行銷他們的品牌，該IG帳號總計有1億1千4百萬人跟追。該張珍妮佛羅培茲於“舞孃騙很大”之宣傳照，上傳於2017年6月22日，此間得到656000點讚。根據該報導，該訴訟引述，珍妮佛羅培茲並未從原告攝影師處取得該照片之授權，也未獲得其同意於其網站上傳該照片透過法院文件，攝影師就每一被侵害之著作可獲最高可達15萬美元之損害賠償金。
