Here's another reminder that, in general, the copyright over a
work belongs to the author of the work.
A couple of days ago, the iCloud brought a different kind of
rain that flooded the cyberspace, one made of pictures of famous celebrities in
compromising positions. Among the victims are Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Upton and
Kirsten Dunst.
Credits to Jenn Deering Davis, via Wikimedia Commons.
Of course, the immediate goal of the compromised celebrities was to take down the photos. JLaw's lawyers took the IP route. They demanded that the photos be removed because the uploaded photos are illegal reproductions of a JLaw's copyrighted photo, and thus infringed JLaw's copyright.
The porn websites were not swayed. They pointed out that not all of the leaked photos were taken by JLaw, and so under the general rule of copyright ownership, she did not own the copyright to the photos that were not selfies. Now the copyright claim of JLaw's lawyers became a double-edged sword. In order to sustain their takedown request, they would have to reveal the identity of the JLaw's errr.. photographer.
Pays to know something about copyrights, especially if you are running a porn site.
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