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Civil Litigation,
Entertainment & Sports

Nov. 20, 2018

Publishers say celebrity’s Instagram infringed licenses

Hotel heiress Nicky Hilton Rothschild has joined a growing list of celebrities whose social media shares have made them the target of infringement claims.

Hotel heiress Nicky Hilton Rothschild has joined a growing list of celebrities whose social media shares have made them the target of infringement claims.

A photo shared by Rothschild through her Instagram account was part of a series taken at a November 2017 event and licensed to plaintiffs Splash News and Picture Agency LLC, according to a complaint filed Sunday in the Central District of California. The plaintiffs say Rothschild'...

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