I thought if you were a photographer and you took an image of someone, you owned that image and can do what you please with it. If Jay Z didn’t want it exploited then he should offer to pay for the images.

Absolutely it’s law. Jay is gonna lose.

Only way I can see Jay Z winning this is if there was a contract that said Mannion couldn't sell the photographs. But seeing as he has been doing so for a couple decades whether it be to magazines, galleries, etc...clearly that's not the case lol no way Jay Z or any of his people were not aware of this going on for years

Yeah I’m on the photographer side here

I’m on Hov’s side. You not about to be selling images of me, or my likeness now that I’m famous and successful without giving me my cut at least.

Secondly he could be putting be packaging those pictures of Hov in ways he doesn’t like, or agree with.

i hate ppl who arrogantly assume they own the things they make

It be different if Max wasn't slandering photographers in his post like he knew what he was talking about.

He earned that diss

He shoulda took the pics himself then

“PND Years” yeah u goated

Hov should let this slide if we’re being real

"It stops today.”

Get your rights Hov

with these prices i’m on hov’s camp’s side

This, the photographer is far from an innocent

What isn't innocent? He's selling his work he did for a price he wants

If this thread was about a music artist music being used by a label or someone y'all would be in support but because it's a photographer y'all slandering dude?.

Unless bro signed a deal with Jay saying he owned the photos he fine

You so sure of yourself we’ll see how the court rules

It does state that Hov has “strict control over whether and how his name, likeness, identity and persona are used,” so we’ll see

Man, Aaliyah was a f***ing dime for real

It’s giving Eric Adams what OP?

Jay is possessed by money the more he gets the more demonic he becomes s*** is scary , D'evils fr

If the contract didn’t state that the photographer has no rights to the photos then Jay Z is wasting his time.

LMFAOOO

Hov slimy af

Jay Z has a case if he owns the image rights.

However, I doubt back in 1996 he had any idea on how important it is to own these images. Plus he had no idea how big he would be. If I'm not mistaking Jay Z didn't own the reasonable doubt matters until recently after purchasing them.

This is a common fight between photographers and a subject. The photographer has barely any rights unless their contract states they can reuse the images.

However, sometimes the photographer is protected if the contract clearly states they own the images not selected by the client.

That's dirty cheap for a print by a famous photographer of a famous subject. Jay is grimey.

Jay Z forgot about this guy until he saw Johnathan's resurgence with the DMX pics.

meh i guesss idk about photography maybe i should be on bro’s side since jay a millionaire