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<\/a><\/p>\nThe dispute began last September when Nelson indicated she wanted to sell limited-edition fine-art prints of that shoot on her website, offering Taylor a 15 per cent cut, which she estimated would be worth $US70,000. Ubaldi, on Taylor\u2019s behalf, declined to grant permission.<\/p>\n
Nonetheless, Nelson advertised the images for sale, and in November lawyers for Taylor sent a cease-and-desist letter. Nelson initially agreed to remove the images, but the next day changed her mind and instead invoked her \u201cmoral rights as the creator of the works in question\u201d.<\/p>\n
There are 38 different images in the series, each available in a range of limited-edition different print sizes, priced from $US1500 to $US18,000. The total value of all images, if sold at full price, is in excess of $US10.5 million ($15 million).<\/p>\n
Taylor\u2019s argument has from the beginning been that she consented only to an editorial shoot, not to the exploitation of her likeness for Nelson\u2019s commercial gain in other spheres. Nelson\u2019s position has been that as creator of the images, she has the right to exploit them, and any attempt to prevent that is an infringement of her freedom of speech.<\/p>\n
Along the way, Nelson accused Taylor and her filmmaker partner John Angus Stewart of copyright theft for sharing on Instagram one of the images she had supplied them with, lodging a claim for $US750,000 in damages.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
She also accused Taylor of harassment (for saying that the image was not associated with or approved by the band), and sought a restraining order against her that even extended to the publication of emojis.<\/p>\n
None of those allegations made it to trial.<\/p>\n
According to Ubaldi: \u201cTaylor was not paid for the shoot, she did not sign a model release, and she never asked for a penny in relation to the ongoing sale of the pictures.\u201d<\/p>\n
All they were ever fighting for, she added, \u201cwas Amy\u2019s right to say no\u201d.<\/p>\n
That fight has now been lost.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn 28 October, we reached a mutual settlement with Jamie Nelson where both cases were dismissed and no money changed hands,\u201d Ubaldi says. To go to trial would have cost the band up to $US1 million in legal fees, \u201cand another year of our lives\u201d, says Ubaldi. \u201cFrustrating doesn\u2019t begin to describe it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nelson, meanwhile, continues to frame the outcome as a victory for the little person and artistic integrity \u2013 and one that she argues highlights an \u201cironic\u201d disconnect between Taylor and the values she purports to represent.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs the frontwoman of Australian punk band Amyl and the Sniffers, Taylor represents a musical tradition that has long celebrated creative independence and challenged conventional boundaries,\u201d Nelson said in her 2000-word release. \u201cThe lawsuit against Nelson, an independent female photographer known for her provocative, unapologetic imagery, brought those ideals into sharp focus.\u201d<\/p>\n
The settlement affirms, she insisted, that \u201cthe photographer, not the subject, owns the copyright to the photographs they create\u201d.<\/p>\n
On that point at least Ubaldi is in reluctant agreement.<\/p>\n
\u201cJamie can continue selling the Vogue Portugal photos of Amy for millions of dollars, the copyright is hers,\u201d she says. \u201cWe wish her the absolute best with that, and we hope other people learn from our mistakes.<\/p>\n
\u201cLie down with dogs and you\u2019ll get up with fleas. Be careful who you let into your world.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Photographer Jamie Nelson, left, and Amy Taylor of Amyl and the Sniffers\u00a0have settled their long-running copyright dispute.Jamie Nelson<\/p>\n