According to the complaint obtained by USA TODAY, Splash News and Picture Agency sued Hemsworth, claiming he posted its photos of him on Instagram without the company's permission.
made waves when she was sued by an agency called Xclusive-Lee in January after she posted one of its photos of her on Instagram.
Her lawyers argued her posting the picture constituted"fair use" because she contributed to the photo through her smile and her outfit and because she cropped it in a certain way when she posted it. According to legal experts, however, photos belong to the photographer, not the subject. Joseph Mandour, managing partner of Mandour & Associates, a Southern California firm specializing in intellectual property law, told USA TODAY in October this holds true even if a celeb poses and smiles for a paparazzo's shot.failed to file the official copyright registration for the photo by the time it filed the lawsuit.
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