Sunday, September 6, 2009

Annie Leibovitz sued by an Italian photographer





An Italian photographer is going to sue against Celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz who says she used his pictures without permission.Annie Leibovitz is also being sued for $24m by an art financing company
Paolo Pizzetti claims Ms Leibovitz used photos he took in Venice and Rome, and passed them off as her own in a 2009 calendar for a coffee company.
He is seeking a court order to stop the images from being used and $300,000 (£183,000) for copyright infringement.
A spokesperson for Ms Leibovitz declined to comment.
According to legal papers filed at a New York federal court, Mr Pizzetti said Ms Leibovitz, 59, hired him to scout locations in Italy for an advertising campaign for LavAzza coffee in April 2008.
He said he photographed the Trevi Fountain in Rome and Plaza San Marco in Venice as well as other images which he sent to her digitally, but was later informed Ms Leibovitz would not be travelling to Italy for the photo shoot.

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