Yahoo Sued For Infringing John Lennon-Yoko Ono Photo Copyright

Oct. 6, 2023, 6:16 PM UTC

Yahoo Inc. infringed the copyright of a photographer’s 1980 image of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, according to a federal lawsuit.

The photo was allegedly used in a December 2020 Yahoo video posted online without picture-taker Allan Tannenbaum’s permission, according to his complaint filed Thursday in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Tannenbaum alleges a letter was sent to Yahoo on March 31, seeking to address the complaints of direct infringement and potential harm by the company’s continued use of the copyrighted image.

Yahoo’s alleged use of the photo “harmed the actual market” and if ...

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