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24 Models Sue 3 Insurers to Collect on $2M Deals With Strip Clubs Over Use of Photos

A group of 24 models is suing three insurers to collect more than $2 million in settlements stemming from the unauthorized use of their images by several strip clubs in the Northeast. The models, including Tara Leigh Patrick (also known …

Photographer Wins $1.2M From Companies That Took Pics off Twitter

A federal jury on Friday ordered two media companies to pay $1.2 million to a freelance photojournalist for their unauthorized use of photographs he posted to Twitter. The jury found that Agence France-Presse and Getty Images willfully violated the Copyright …

Minnesota Man Crashes Client’s Lamborghini

A Minneapolis man is accused of taking a customer’s Lamborghini for a joyride and then crashing it in a park, causing $82,000 in damage to the luxury sports car. Forty-year-old David Norman Juntunen was charged Friday with unauthorized use of …