{"id":7540,"date":"2025-08-27T21:23:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T21:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/robin-thicke-settles-lawsuit-over-paparazzi-photos-in-instagram-posts\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T21:23:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T21:23:19","slug":"robin-thicke-settles-lawsuit-over-paparazzi-photos-in-instagram-posts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/robin-thicke-settles-lawsuit-over-paparazzi-photos-in-instagram-posts\/","title":{"rendered":"Robin Thicke Settles Lawsuit Over Paparazzi Photos in Instagram Posts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n\tRobin Thicke has reached a private settlement to resolve a lawsuit that claimed he posted paparazzi pictures of himself on Instagram without paying to license the images.<\/p>\n

\n\tAttorneys for celebrity photo agency BackGrid USA told a federal judge in a court filing last week that they reached a \u201csettlement in principle\u201d with Thicke two months after suing the singer and music producer for copyright infringement.<\/p>\n

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\n\tBackGrid\u2019s lawyers say in the Aug. 22 court notice they are \u201cworking on executing a longform settlement agreement\u201d and intend to dismiss the lawsuit against Thicke \u201cafter certain conditions are satisfied.\u201d The terms of the agreement have not been made public.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe June lawsuit took issue with two paparazzi shots Thicke posted to his Instagram in 2022. The posts, which have since been deleted, showed Thicke riding shotgun in a convertible and leaving a restaurant with his now-wife, April Love Geary<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\n\tBackGrid claimed that because it owns the rights to both these photos, Thicke was required to pay for licenses before sharing them on social media. But the agency said Thicke did not license the photos and therefore violated copyright law.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe lawsuit sought a financial penalty from Thicke. BackGrid did not specify how much money it wanted Thicke to pay, but the company said it \u201csuffered substantial economic damage\u201d from Thicke\u2019s alleged infringement.<\/p>\n

\n\tReps for BackGrid and Thicke did not immediately return request for comment about the settlement on Wednesday (Aug. 27).<\/p>\n

\n\tThicke is far from the first celebrity to get dragged into court over paparazzi photos in social media posts. Artists including Jennifer Lopez, Miley Cyrus, Dua Lipa and Justin Bieber have all faced similar lawsuits in the last few years.<\/p>\n

\n\tAs in the case of Thicke, celebrities tend to settle these claims rather than fight them out. This is likely because U.S. copyright law is on the side of photographers and image licensers; being the subject of a camera lens does not give a person automatic ownership over a photograph or carte blanche to repost it for free.<\/p>\n


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