Court Revives Copyright Lawsuit Over Annie Leibovitz’s ‘Star Wars’ Photos; PetaPixel, May 8, 2026

Pesala Bandara, PetaPixel; Court Revives Copyright Lawsuit Over Annie Leibovitz’s ‘Star Wars’ Photos

"An appeals court has revived Annie Leibovitz’s agency’s copyright lawsuit against an online magazine over its use of her photographs from the Star Wars movie set.

On Tuesday, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a lower court wrongly dismissed the lawsuit brought by licensing company Great Bowery Inc. against online outlet Consequence Sound LLC based on a lower court’s misunderstanding of copyright law.

The dispute centers on a group of Star Wars cast photographs taken by Leibovitz for Vanity Fair. In 2014, Leibovitz signed an “Artist Agreement” with Trunk Archive, a business operated by Great Bowery, granting the company the “exclusive worldwide right to license, market, and promote” certain images from the shoot."

Annie Leibovitz buys back copyright to her photos; Yahoo, 9/11/09

Ula Ilnytzky, Associated Press, via Yahoo; Annie Leibovitz buys back copyright to her photos:

"Annie Leibovitz has won an extension on a $24 million loan in a financial dispute that threatened her rights to her famous images, the two sides said in a joint statement Friday.

Leibovitz and the company, Art Capital Group, said the 59-year-old photographer had been given more time to repay the loan. The loan's deadline passed on Tuesday, but both parties had continued to work to try to resolve the dispute. Neither party would specify the length of the extension...

Last year, Leibovitz put up as collateral three Manhattan townhouses, an upstate New York property and the copyright to every picture she has ever taken — or will take — to secure the loan."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090911/ap_en_ot/us_annie_leibovitz

Photographer Annie Leibovitz's loan repayment due; Yahoo, 9/8/09

Ula Ilnytzky, Associated Press, via Yahoo; Photographer Annie Leibovitz's loan repayment due:

"Celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz risks losing the copyright to her images — and her entire life's work — if she doesn't pay back a $24 million loan due Tuesday.

The lender, Art Capital Group, sued Leibovitz in July claiming she breached an agreement that authorized it to act as the agent in the sale of her photography and real estate.

Leibovitz spokesman Matthew Hiltzik said Tuesday that the photographer was working to "resolve the situation.""

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090908/ap_en_ot/us_annie_leibovitz