Amyl and the Sniffers’ Amy Taylor Wins Major Court Victory in Photographer Copyright Dispute

A U.S. federal judge has ruled largely in favour of Amyl and the Sniffers frontwoman Amy Taylor in her ongoing copyright dispute with photographer Jamie Nelson. At a hearing before district court Judge George Wu in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California on Monday (March 31), Taylor’s lawyer Jonathan Pink described the outcome as a near-total victory.

“The U.S. district court today ruled almost entirely in favour of plaintiff, Amy Taylor, giving her the right to amend her federal court action, keeping alive her state-based claims, and leaning on defendant, Jamie Nelson, to settle this lawsuit,” Pink said in a statement. “In summary, today’s hearing was a near-complete victory for Amy Taylor and nearly the complete opposite for Ms.

Nelson.” Judge Wu set a mediation deadline of April 23, ahead of an April 27 hearing, and issued a stark warning to Nelson. Absent a course-correction, Wu indicated he would enter a default judgment against Nelson’s company, Jamie Nelson Studios LLC, on April 29. He also dismissed Nelson’s attempts to question the legal expertise of Taylor’s counsel...