GREEN DAY SUED OVER PICTURE
Rockers GREEN DAY are facing legal action from an artist alleging the ban d used one of his creations in a music video without his permission.
The American Idiot hitmakers used an image of a fang-toothed face durin g their concerts, as well as a music video and across their website last year (09).
Artist Dereck Seltzer has filed a lawsuit against Green Day at Los Ange les federal court, alleging he created the image years ago and copyrighte d the picture.
He claims he was never asked permission for the image to be used on the band’s material.
But the group’s lawyer, Don Passman, insists they received the picture from a reputable company and did not realise there would be any legal iss ues.
He tells TMZ.com, "Green Day received Mr. Seltzer’s image from a respon sible company and was unaware that there could be any copyright or other issues."
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