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Trump Organization Sued by Photographer for Instagram Post

2017/06/27

A New York-based photographer has sued US President Donald Trump over the unauthorised use of a photo during the US presidential election campaign. In the complaint, filed at the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on June 22, photographer Julie Dermansky alleged that the Trump Organization (TO), Trump’s holding company, had posted one of her to its Instagram account. Posted on Trump’s Instagram page in January 2016, according to Dermansky, the image depicts four women wearing t-shirts spelling out the ‘Make America Great Again’ slogan at a Trump rally.

The complaint stated that the image received over 27,000 likes and has since been deleted. The photograph is registered with the US Copyright Office under copyright number VA 2-000-285. “TO infringed plaintiff’s copyright in the photograph by reproducing and publicly displaying the photograph on the website,” the claim added.

Source: WIPR




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