Bruno Mars Sued for Sharing Childhood Photo
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Bruno Mars has been in the news recently, but not for his popular album 24K Magic. The singer is being sued for sharing a childhood photo of himself, which makes the case much more interesting.
According to a TMZ article Catherine McGann filed a lawsuit against Mars because the photo he used is one of her own, shot from 1989, when Mars was three or four and doing his initial claim-to-fame “Little Elvis” impersonation. Mars failed to obtain McGann’s permission when he published the photo back in June to several of his social media accounts.
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Mars posted the photo with the hashtag #WayBackWednesday, and when the photo blew-up over social media, McGann took notice. On Instagram, the photo garnered 1.2 million likes, and since Mars didn’t have her permission to use her copyright material, she filed a suit not only against Mars, but also the record label, Warner Music, for damages and all profits earned from the photo. The photo has since been taken down.