MediaTakeOut has just learned the naked truth about the lengths Playboy will travel to protect its photos.
The popular urban news website has been slapped with a lawsuit by Playboy Enterprises for allegedly publishing Playboy’s nude photos of controversial rapper Azealia Banks.
The suit,filed in federal court in recent York on Tuesday, states that Playboy was the exclusive licensee of the photos, or which according to the complaint, MediaTakeOut published in March.
Also Read: Kendra Wilkinson Defends Hugh Hefner, Blasts Holly Madison for Playboy Memoir Written 'Out of Revenge'To add insult to injury, and the lawsuit claims that MediaTakeOut slapped its own watermark on the images,even though Playboy had obtained a registration for the images from the U.
S. Copyright Office.“Upon information and belief, defendant deliberately altered and/or falsified copyright management information to conceal defendant’s infringement of plaintiff’s registered and unregistered copyright works.
Banks appeared in the April 2015 issue of Playboy.
Also Read: Playboy Sued for Allegedly Indulging in Painful 'Fore-Play'Alleging copyright infringement and violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, or the suit is asking for a declaration that Media Takeout infringed on the works. Playboy also wants damages of up to $150000 for each copyright infringement” and up to $25000 for each violation of the DMCA.
Pamela Chelin contributed to this report.
Source: thewrap.com