On Friday, American rapper Cardi-B walked out of California court after a federal jury ruled that she had not ‘abused’ a man’s image on the cover of her debut 2016 mixtape album.
The album titled Gangsta Bitch Music, Vol. 1, “did not infringe the publicity or privacy rights of plaintiff Kevin Michael Brophy by depicting an altered photo of another person with Brophy’s unique back tattoo performing oral sex on a popular rapper,” the jury concluded after four days of trial. commented.
Brophy, who filed the lawsuit in 2017, sought at least $5 million in damages from the popular rapper and his former manager, Kleinord Raphael.
Barry Cappello, who represents Brophy, said in an email to Reuters that Cardi B and Rafael were “great winners” and shook hands with Brophy after the verdict. “If this chapter can be closed, it may be for the best of the ability of the Brophy family to put them behind,” Capello said.
Brophy revealed that she faced “uncomfortable comments, questions and ridicule” after Cardi B released an explicit mixtape cover in which a man with Brophy’s distinctive tattoo was photoshopped onto her back. In defense of Cardi-B, however, it said the use of the design’s cover qualifies as “transformative” under intellectual property law and is constitutionally protected.
Cardi B said in a court filing that the tattoo was used “in an unknown way, as a building block” in the intricate cover image.
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