Demi Moore sues magazine over pictures copyright violation
Melbourne, Sept 30 : American actress Demi Moore has filed a lawsuit in Melbourne
against New Idea magazine for publishing pictures taken at a star-studded party she and
Madonna had organised.
The party took place on February 24, at the Los Angeles home of Madonna's manager, Guy
Oseary, reports News.com.au.
The black and white pictures included snaps of Moore, daughter Rumer Willis, Orlando
Bloom, P Diddy, Amanda De Cadenet, and Cameron Diaz.
Moore claimed in a statement filed with the Federal Court last week that New Idea had
infringed on her copyright of the pictures by putting them on the cover of its March 8
edition, and across two pages inside the magazine.
The actress is seeking unspecified damages from the magazine's publisher Pacific
Magazines, owned by Channel 7, and has asked for the profits the company reaped from the
shots.
In the claim, Moore also stated that she had agreed to buy the photographs from party
organiser Jeffrey Best during a conversation on the day of the party, and that the
photographer had also signed a pre-party deal to hand them to Best.
However, it was not revealed in the statement how the photographs came into the
possession of New Idea.
Kevin Dorey, from Moore's Melbourne solicitors Marsh & Mayer, declined to
comment.
Pacific Magazines has yet to file a defence.
--ANI
