{"id":254039,"date":"2020-04-14T17:15:32","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T22:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/selena-gomez-sues-mobile-gaming-companies-for-using-her-likeness"},"modified":"2020-04-14T17:15:41","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T22:15:41","slug":"selena-gomez-sues-mobile-gaming-companies-for-using-her-likeness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/selena-gomez-sues-mobile-gaming-companies-for-using-her-likeness","title":{"rendered":"Selena Gomez Sues Mobile Gaming Companies for Using Her Likeness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-153948\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\">    \t\t<!-- .entry-meta --><br \/>\n    \t<\/header>\n<p><!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" readability=\"30.0096930533\">\n\t\t<!-- adman_adcode_beginning --><\/p>\n<div readability=\"58.5295154185\">\n<section id=\"cb-7253b635f59c268b90b295b70f85818b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n     <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"apple\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Selena-Gomez-Sues-Mobile-Gaming-Companies-for-Using-Her-Likeness.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"apple\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Exclusive<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-4d54a0452ffb9796f31a7ba4f14a9c5d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"28.4351145038\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/selena-gomez\/\"><strong>Selena Gomez<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong>is done playing games with gaming companies she says are using her fame to line their pockets \u2026 and now she\u2019s suing.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-31a0d558335c96b9ae92b07365364735\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"35\">\n<p>Selena just filed a lawsuit against a slew of software and technology firms and the honchos who run them, accusing them of profiting off her image, name and likeness without her permission.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-7af8f9e624121f8524235312bdb461d0\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"35\">\n<p>According to new legal docs, obtained by TMZ, Selena claims she was shocked to learn her celebrity was being peddled to turn profits in the mobile game \u201cClothes Forever \u2013 Styling Game.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-774e132caa2c21fd3028c788ab36c7be\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n     <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Apple App Store\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1586901610_774_Selena-Gomez-Sues-Mobile-Gaming-Companies-for-Using-Her-Likeness.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Apple App Store\"\/><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-34979d6d3be8264c36aac9bb2bdb9b40\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"35\">\n<p>In the docs, Selena says the game blatantly ripped off her cover photo from the fashion publication Flare and slapped it on their app, which appeared in the Apple App Store.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-a58d062ef9a96fd9f98db7455e520bfd\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"39\">\n<p>Selena says she\u2019s worked her entire career to build up a strong brand \u2014 claiming her sponsored posts are worth as much as $800,000 each \u2014 and she says now her rep\u2019s being diminished by this unapproved association with a \u201cbug-riddled\u201d game. Yes, she threw in a jab about the game getting terrible reviews.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-5e4bb7eaeaed0fb3e4d72bf330014f2d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"33\">\n<p>The pop singer is suing for damages, a cut of the profits and for the game to stop its alleged unlawful activity and business practices.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2020\/04\/14\/selena-gomez-sues-mobile-game-company-for-using-her-likeness-app-clothes-forever-styling-game\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- adman_adcode_after --><\/p>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\">Sharing is caring!<\/p>\n<p class=\"gasd_author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/about-me\" rel=\"author\" title=\"Profile for Dalelorenzo Johnson\">Profile for Dalelorenzo Johnson<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"entry-footer\"><span class=\"cat-links\">Posted in <a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/category\/categorized\/news\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a><\/span>\t<\/footer>\n<p><!-- .entry-footer --><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/selena-gomez-sues-mobile-gaming-companies-for-using-her-likeness\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exclusive Selena Gomez is done playing games with gaming companies she says are using her fame to line their pockets \u2026 and now she\u2019s suing. 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