Splash News & Picture Agency accused rapper Nicki Minaj of copyright infringement in Los Angeles federal court for posting its photographs of her to her Instagram account without permission.
The Jan. 19 complaint says Minaj’s Instagram posts made the photos “immediately available to Minaj’s 91 million followers” who would “otherwise be interested in viewing licensed versions of the Photographs in the magazines and newspapers that are plaintiff’s customers.”
Splash says it owns the copyrights to seven photos taken of Minaj at public appearances. Minaj allegedly posted the photographs to her Instagram account in 2017 and 2018, and Splash says ...
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