Carter is seeking a preliminary and permanent injunction that would require Mannion and his associates to stop using his likeness. And another for violating California common law regarding rights of publicity.
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The suit levels two claims for relief at Mannion, one in violation of a California Civil Code for allegedly “misappropriating and using for commercial purposes Jay-Z’s name, likeness, identity, and persona” without permission. Jay-Z’s “Reasonable Doubt” album cover was photographed by Jonathan Mannion | Image: GeniusĪdditionally, the suit includes several photographs that Mannion took of Carter - including the Reasonable Doubt cover - and states that Mannion sells prints of these pictures on his website for thousands of dollars. Instead, the photographer demanded that Jay-Z pay him tens of millions of dollars, the lawsuit claims.Īccording to the lawsuit, Mannion “prominently displays a photograph of Jay-Z” on his website’s homepage, while he also sells so-called “Fame Wall” T-shirts, which display Jay-Z’s name… above other well-known artists that he has photographed. Nor did Jay-Z authorize Mannion to use his name, likeness, identity, or persona for any purpose.” Because Carter never gave Mannion his permission to sell these photos, the suit claims, “Mannion has no legal right to do so.”Ĭarter has asked Mannion to stop selling photos of him, but the photographer refused. The lawsuit, however, states that while Mannion was compensated for his work, “Jay-Z never gave Mannion permission to resell any of the images. One of those photographs - the rapper clad in a suit and hat holding a cigar - became the cover for Jay-Z’s landmark 1996 debut, “Reasonable Doubt”. According to legal documents obtained by Rolling Stone, Jay-Z, née Shawn Carter, hired Mannion in the mid-Nineties as a photographe who took “hundreds of photographs” of the rapper.
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