Future faces a new legal battle after a photographer accused the rapper’s company of stealing his work for album art and merchandise.
According to documents reviewed by Complex, Atlanta-based photographer Garey C. Gomez filed a copyright infringement lawsuit on Oct. 2 against Titol Retail and Wilburn Holding Company, which he identified as entities connected to Future (born Nayvadius DeMun Cash) and his record label, Freebandz.
In the suit, Gomez alleges that the defendants “copied Gomez’s copyrighted works from the internet in order to advertise, market and promote their business activities” and used them “for purposes of advertising and promoting sales to the public.”
Gomez claims that two of his photographs, which were registered with the U.S. Copyright Office, were used without permission on the cover of Future’s Mixtape Pluto and on related t-shirts sold online.
The photographer claims “irreparable” harm and is seeking unspecified damages, including “profits attributable to the infringement.”
Mixtape Pluto, which marked Future’s first solo full-length album since I Never Liked You, was released last September and debuted at No. 1. At the time, the milestone officially made him the first rapper with three chart-toppers in six months following We Don’t Trust You with Metro Boomin and its deluxe edition, We Still Don’t Trust You.
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