According to U.S. court documents, Dua Lipa posted a photo of herself, shot by the paparazzi, "without permission or authorization." Integral Images says Lipa benefited from the photo, as her Instagram is a marketing tool for her music. The company is now seeking compensation of $ 150,000 (10 108,000).

The company is also seeking an order preventing the singer from "further breach actions as well as legal costs". Dua posted the photo (now deleted) on February 7, 2019, four days after it was shot. In the photo, the music star stands in line with the plane ticket and passport and wears a large hat. Integral Images had applied to register the copyright to the images, and the request was granted on February 20, 2021 - according to data from the US Copyright Office.

The company claims that Lipa "knowingly" posted the photo on social media without permission and made money from that photo.

Court documents obtained by the BBC claim that her Instagram account has been "monetized".

Although many people assume that they can post an image in which they are subject, copyright law says that it is the photographer who owns the rights, so strange as it may sound, the law somehow favors paparazzi / photographers .

Lipa is not the first star to be sued for sharing images of their paparazzi on social media. Similar stories have happened with Ariana Grande, Gigi Hadid, Justin Bieber, Jennifer Lopez, etc.