$4.5 million copyright claim.

[Jayst84]

I know how much everyone likes a good copyright thread, so here's another one to entertain for five minutes.

Janine 'Jah Jah' Gordon, tried, and failed, to sue Ryan McGinley for a reported $4.5 million for 'copying' up to 150 of her photographs.

http://biSPAM/ongj4g

That's the same Jah Jah who sued 50 Cent and Dr Dre for stealing her lyrics, and made a series of bizarre claims over artists singing about her (when they weren't). Along with claiming that covering a song released in 1976 (by Rod Stewart) is stealing from her.

Always interesting to see the 'interesting' ways some people go about constructing a career.

 

[gingerjon]

Always interesting to see the 'interesting' ways some people go about constructing a career.

Does she ever win though?

 

[maninsuitcase]

Does she ever win though?

Yes, maybe not in court but we're talking about her aren't we?

 

[nilagin]

Never heard of her.

 

[Sean_m]

Never heard of her.

Me either. She sounds like a bit of a chancer tho

 

[Flash In The Pan]

I like this quote from her (on Facebook, according to The Observer) about ending the dispute...

“I hope I can do it legally—because if it comes down to physically stopping him—he is going to get hurt—the gangsters and thugs in many of [my] photos are my friends… ”

Uh-huh

 

[AD_Capturs]

I like this quote from her (on Facebook, according to The Observer) about ending the dispute...

Uh-huh

Lol what a pathetic woman

 

[Scrimja]

What a nut case. I guess her plan is to try it on enough times that she'll eventually win a few quid.

 

[kasperoff]

The lengths people will go to. How about working hard instead?

 

[Byker28i]

The lengths people will go to. How about working hard instead?

Nope. Wrong lifestyle. The youth these days seem to expect everything given to them and immediately. I blame us parents (plus Internet-everything is immediate)

 

[CarlosGilbertos]

People seem to be making actual careers out of this these days..

I don't see how their claims aren't immediately thrown out.

 

[tinite]

Nope. Wrong lifestyle. The youth these days seem to expect everything given to them and immediately. I blame us parents (plus Internet-everything is immediate)

I think that's an extremely sweeping and unfair generalisation. And even even if that was the case, it's far far more complicated that blame-the-parents-and-the-internet.