Cam’ron Ordered To Pay $50K For Featuring A Copyrighted Photo Of Himself On Various Dipset Merchandise

Court docket mandates Cam’ron to pay $50K for using a public copyrighted picture of himself on Dipset merchandise.

One 12 months following Djamilla Cochran’s lawsuit towards the rapper and his firm Dipset Couture for unauthorized use of her picture on merchandise, Choose William Martini concluded on Thursday that the rapper had certainly infringed on copyright. Cochran’s victory was simple, as Cam by no means addressed the lawsuit nor offered any defenses.

The image featured the Dipset rapper sporting a fuzzy pink coat and hat, holding an identical flip telephone, and has been seen on numerous merchandise.

In his verdict, the decide mandated Cam to pay $40,530 in statutory damages. This considerably surpasses the $5,790 licensing payment that Getty Photographs would have imposed had he sought permission to make use of the picture on industrial merchandise.

Per her lawsuit, Cochran claimed that Cam had integrated the picture into numerous merchandise bought by his Dipset Couture, starting from t-shirts and jewellery to an array of things corresponding to bathe curtains, pillows, swimsuits, socks, and even a birthday cake.

In 2003, Cochran captured Cam at a New York vogue present, sporting a vibrant shade of pink that might later turn into synonymous along with his model. In 2016, GQ journal featured the picture prominently in an article titled “Cam’ron Is Very Particular When It Comes to the Color Pink,” noting that the rapper had cemented his id with an iconic pink mink coat showcased on the vogue occasion.