The NFL and the Detroit Lions file motions to dismiss photographer’s “meritless” lawsuit over using his photo of Barry Sanders for a statue.
A still from the Detroit Lions’ YouTube video which shows Allen Kee’s photo of Barry Sanders in the sculptor’s studio next to the statue.A few months later, sports photographer Allen Kee filed a lawsuit claiming that the sculpture of the former football star is based on an image that he took of Sanders in action during the Detroit Lions game against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Kee sued the Detroit Lions, NFL Properties, NFL Enterprises, as well as several other companies in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, for direct, contributory, and/or vicarious copyright infringement.However, now both the NFL and the Detroit Lions have filed motions in federal court requesting that the lawsuit brought against the organizations by the longtime sports photographer be dismissed.
Feirman alleges that Kee has disregarded or overlooked previous authorization to the NFL which “agreed to either return or physically transfer” his slides to WireImage.
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